Toolbox
This space provides artists with practical information needed for upcoming opportunities and/or the production of work. It is divided into four sections;
︎︎︎ A list of artist opportunities.
︎︎︎ Guides and references for artistic and practical documents.
︎︎︎ Downloadable templates for forms of agreements and contracts.
︎︎︎ An index of technicians, craftsmen and artisans.
May
Deadline: 31/5/2024
Type: Book Fair
Location: Senegal
Duration: 4 days
Apply: La Biennale de Dakar
Details: AABF is focused on publishing. We are looking for exhibitors who have an ongoing publishing practice. Registeration fees: 50 euros including tax for artists; 150 euros including tax for publishing houses based on the African continent; 300 euros including tax for publishing houses based outside the African continent; 450 euros including tax for the Galleries. Registrations are effective upon payment of the corresponding fees.
Anthropology Bel3araby Lab
Deadline: 1/5/2024
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 6 months
Apply: anthropology_bel3araby
Details: An anthropological laboratory in Arabic concerned with creating a space between anthropological questions, artistic curation, the practice of artistic production, and participatory knowledge production (Collective Research-based Art). The program offers a diverse and rich group of trainers in the fields of anthropology, curation, writing, publishing, artistic production, and participatory research. In addition to attending the training program, participants receive $1,700 productivity grant (for the project) and logistical and material support in organizing and implementing workshops, coordinating exhibitions or artistic outputs and public programs. The training program will be in Cairo, but participants can apply to attend it from any Arab country, and the project or workshop can be implemented in a different Arab country. The applicant’s travel from another Arab country will be supported by L'Art Rue.
April
Open Call: Embodying Resistance
Deadline: 1/4/2024
Type: Call for Contributions
Location: Germany / Netherlands
Amount: €400
Apply: Errant Journal
Details: The seventh issue of Errant Journal aims to interrogate the role of the body in strategies of resistance from below. Taking Palestine as a starting point, the ongoing genocide committed by Israel and other colonial powers and the people’s continued struggle for liberation inform our thinking and praxis. In this issue, we want to explore the ways in which bodies – that are sexualised, criminalised, racialised, crip – have been able to divert and subvert in order to fight back. Proposals should not exceed 300 words, accompanied by one piece of previously published material and a short bio. You may also propose an existing text, artwork or other material, if so please specify.
March Edition: MyMA Artist Grant
Deadline: 1/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: USA
Amount: €500
Apply: MyMA
Details: MyMA Artist Grant is a monthly juried grant that provides an unrestricted $500 award to one artist each month. In addition to the winner, our independent jurors recognize 5 artists as honorable mentions for each edition. We publish a written or video profile of the selected artists on MyMA's website and social channels. Submissions for the March edition of the MyMA Artist Grant are open now through April 1st. To ensure accessibility and inclusivity, applications are free.
Makhizn Issue 4: Counterlexicons
Deadline: 1/4/2024
Type: Publishing
Location: —
Amount: —
Apply: MAKHZIN
Details: This call draws on the historical role of artists and intellectuals in developing a visual and poetic language to speak to and resist dispossession—a duty which has been, from the start, intricately enmeshed with leftist anti-racist struggles around the world. In light of such histories, we invite poets, writers, and artists to send us essays, poems, manifestos, statements, declarations, and letters that explore both the perversion and possibilities of language in times of genocide.
Contemporary Biennial TEA 2024
Deadline: 2/4/2024
Type: Biennale
Location: Spain
Amount: €4000
Apply: TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
Details: This call is based on the conviction that artistic processes, as well as aesthetic learning and experience, afford the possibility of opening discussions to think about the accelerated changes we are experiencing on a planetary scale from a situated perspective. The selection criteria of the curatorial committee will be open to interdisciplinarity and individual and collective working methodologies, lending particular value to the experimental quality of projects and processes that can open up to the public through workshops or collaborative actions. EA shall cover expenses incurred in the submission of the projects presented or theirransport, up to a sum corresponding to 50% of total fees, €2000). Should the artist need to avail of funding to cover these costs, they may apply to TEA to receive the funding in advance, explaining in detail the need for advance payment.
AFAC: Visual Arts
Deadline: 4/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Visual Arts grant supports painting, sculpting, photography, installations, audio-video arts, publications (artist book or other publications) and multi-media works of a contemporary and innovative nature. The grant can support exhibitions, visual arts book publications as well as art production. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Performing Arts
Deadline: 4/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Performing Arts grant is open to classical, folk, and experimental theatre for all age groups including children and youth; dance performances, including but not restricted to contemporary dance; public intervention performances, street art, live art, interactive and site-specific format, documentary theatre, and festivals. It also supports playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography workshops. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Creative and Critical Writings
Deadline: 4/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Creative and Critical Writings grant provides support to critical writings on the arts and culture, theatrical writings, children and youth literature (including both the adaptation of classical Arabic and international literature as well as original stories), graphic novel, short story, poetry, in addition to online publishing platform. The final product should be in Arabic language. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Documentary Program
Deadline: 4/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $50,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The AFAC Documentary Program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. The program welcomes submissions of short and medium-length documentary in production and post-production, and feature documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases. The program provides grants up to $10,000 for Development grants, up to $50,000 for Production and $25,000 for Post-production grants.
AIR InSILo Open Call 2024
Deadline: 6/4/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: AIR in Silo
Details: The current and the previous year have forced us to take a fresh look at freedom of artistic expression and recognise that it is threatened not only in countries with authoritarian regimes but also in countries with competitive democratic elections. This open call, which we titled «Non-Utterance», aims to capture this moment, analyse the atmosphere in the artistic environment, and explore censorship and self-censorship in art. An honorarium of 1200 Euros; Production costs up to 600 Euros; A coverage of travel costs up to 500 Euros; A coverage of transport costs up to 175 Euros; Mentoring program with invited Austria-based curators; An opportunity to stay with a partner and/or 1-2 children.
Frontline and Absence Lines
Deadline: 7/4/2024
Type: Call for Contributions
Location: —
Amount: —
Apply: Kohl Journal
Details: Taking this as a point of departure, we devote this special issue to examining an aspect that has long been pushed to the margins of the Arab and international solidarity discourse: the Palestinian presence in Lebanon. We revisit this history from the standpoint of the Palestinian reality – material and imagined – by analyzing its contradictory relationship with the institutional and military structure that shapes the Lebanese state. This issue is therefore an attempt at formulating a collective and structural analysis that would liberate us from individualistic or reductionist readings of this continued history. We accept submissions on a rolling basis. We encourage submissions in Arabic, and can also accept texts in English, French, and Spanish. This dossier prioritizes Palestinian and Arab contributions, and allocates financial compensation for contributions.
BIENALSUR 2025
Deadline: 8/4/2024
Type: Biennale
Location: International
Duration: —
Apply: Bienalsur
Details: The application is free of charge and is open to 4 (four) categories: individual artist, group artist, individual curator and group curator. For each of these categories only one submission is allowed. The General and Artistic Direction of BIENALSUR announces a call for artists, curators and curatorial research projects to be included in the program of its fifth edition to be held in 2025 in museums, cultural centres, universities and non-traditional spaces in large cities and small towns in different countries.
EUNIC: Open Call for Grants 2024
Deadline: 9/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Egypt
Amount: 120,000 - 500,000 EGP
Apply: Eunic Egypt
Details: The Open Calls for grants are announced every year for Egyptian artists and creatives looking to implement their artistic project in Egypt, without limitations to age, or theme of project. The main condition is that the applicant has to be Egyptian, their project to fall under arts and culture, and be implemented in Egypt. Types of artistic and cultural projects could be, and not limited to:
Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual arts, Design, Crafts, Cinema, Painting, Photography, Literature. Small Grants:Up to 120,000 EG, eligible for individuals or small institutions. Medium Grants Up to 500,000 EGP, eligible for big institutions.
Reclaiming Our Commons: A Proposal for Cultural Collaboration Across the Arab Region
Deadline: 15/4/2024
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: €8,000 - €30,000
Apply: Culture Resource
Details: The call is to contribute to building a participatory creative process addressed to initiatives, cooperatives, independent cultural and artistic organizations, as well as artists and cultural actors. It seeks to support artistic and cultural projects across diverse artistic and interdisciplinary domains, provided they adopt cooperative, participatory, and/or commons-based approaches, whether at the project development level, project ownership, project interpretations and outputs, or project revenues. Individuals: Artists from diverse artistic disciplines and independent cultural actors, provided they are from the Arab region (regardless of ethnicity and citizenship status), whether they are living inside or outside the Arab region. Groups: Independent non-governmental initiatives, cooperatives, and artistic and cultural organizations in the Arab region or abroad, whose work serves artistic and cultural production in Arabic.
Palestine: The Moment Before Tomorrow
Deadline: 18/4/2024
Type: Lab Program
Location: Jordan
Duration: —
Apply: Darat Al Funun
Details: This call offers an opportunity to reflect on the significance of artistic and cultural practice today within the context of the Palestinian struggle. It calls for a reconsideration of the forms and expressions of artistic resistance, exploring its possibilities and broader implications. The call thus takes “this moment” as a provocation to contemplate the Palestinian context and the cultural, legal, geographical, and historical dimensions associated with it today.
*International proposals are welcome, please be aware that Darat al Funun does not cover travel expenses or insurance, but may provide accommodation in one of its residency flats.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2024-2025
Deadline: 25/4/2024
Type: Festival
Location: France/ Germany
Duration: —
Apply: Ripbm
Details: the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin will invite an international jury to award a prize with a grant to one of the artists of the programme. This cross-disciplinary grant will distinguish a unique work in the field of moving images.
The second part of the call for entries to the Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin to be held in Paris in November 2024 is now open until 25 April 2024.
March
S+T+ARTS Prize Africa
Deadline: 1/3/2024
Type: Prize
Location: Africa
Amount: max. €15,000
Apply: S+T+ARTS
Details: The STARTS Prize Africa welcomes initiatives that strive towards a positive social, humanitarian, economic or political impact and promote a diverse and sustainable society. Embracing the powerful intersection of arts and technology, it supports endeavors that address the pressing issues of the continent and facilitate digital transformation within the creative sector. Prize Money: The STARTS Prize Africa prize money amounts to €30,000 and will be distributed among: Grand Prize of €15,000, and 5 Awards of Distinction each €3,000.
Apexart's Open CallDeadline: 1/3/2024
Type: Grant
Location: USA
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Apexart
Details: apexart's Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition, combined with inviting apexart’s international community to collectively determine our programming through an online jury process. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart’s programming.
Pro Helvetia Residencies 2025
Deadline: 1/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Pro Helvetia
Details: Open for artists and cultural practitioners from the Arab Region. The aim of the residencies is to gain inspiration, establish networks, work on projects and to explore new collaborations. Pro Helvetia offers accommodation, travel costs, a daily allowance, a local coach to facilitate connection with the local scene, a workplace (on request) and a contribution to production/material costs (on request), and financial support of up to CHF 1,000 per month for childcare.
Mediterranean Residence Program: Friche la Belle de Mai
Deadline: 4/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: Institut Français du Maroc
Details: Each artist benefits from a production space adapted to their project and the forms they develop. Personalized support is provided through the involvement of a guide throughout the residency, allowing moments of discussion and “criticism” which will open up spaces for reflection for everyone. Applications must take into account the context of Marseille to carry out their project there. Residents will be able to open up a new field of reflection. They will be able to distance themselves from their current practices, to experiment with another approach or finalize an ongoing creation linked to the city. Artists will be able to look at its territories, its history, its geographical and cultural intersections.
Onassis AiR Open Call 2024/25Deadline: 4/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Greece
Duration: Up to 3 months
Apply: Onassis
Details: "For the very first time, Onassis AiR expands its reach and opens its doors to a wider community of artists by offering opportunities on three different strands:
‣ Onassis AiR Extended Research Residencies
‣ Onassis AiR Dramaturgy Fellowships
‣ Onassis AiR/ONX Fellowships
All selected participants will receive an artist’s fee, a research budget, housing, travel to/from Athens, a collective budget for group site-visits and research trips, opportunities to engage with the art scene in Athens through networking events, and access to mentoring and audiovisual equipment."
Open Call: Collide Copenhagen
Deadline: 4/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland/ Norway
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Arts at CERN
Details: Artists and collectives from any country are invited to submit proposals for a two-month residency between CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary dedicated to artistic research in dialogue with scientists, followed by the production of a new work to be included in an exhibition at CC in 2025. The residency is fully funded and awarded a CHF 15,000 production grant. Swipe through to find out more.
Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship
Deadline: 10/3/2024
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2-4 years
Apply: Sawiris Foundation
Details: The Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship provides you with the opportunity to fully-fund your bachelor’s or master's studies or undertake art residencies in one of the fields (visual arts, performing arts, film studies, music) at the best art universities worldwide. The scholarship covers tuition fees, learning materials, accommodation, living allowance, airfare, transportation, health insurance. Period of funding for degree programs: up to 4 years for bachelor’s degree, and up to 2 years for master’s degree.
Intermix Residency | Art & Fashion Reimagined
Deadline: 7/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 10 weeks
Apply: Gallery Hafez
Details: The residency is fully-funded and multi-cycle, welcoming applications by Saudi and international emerging and mid-career visual artists, fashion designers, and curators. to develop a production or research-based project related to the topics of innovation, transformation, and sustainability. The residency covers: an individual working studio space; accommodation; shared facilities; round-trip airfare; assistance with visa; monthly stipend; allocated production grant; transportation to and from planned group excursions within Riyadh; transportation and lodging for a cultural exploration trip outside of
Riyadh.
UNIDEE Residency Modules: Module VI
Deadline: 8/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 6 days
Apply: Cittadellarte
Details: Participants in Module VI of Neither on Land nor at Sea will engage in re-enactments of the water clock, as they are invited to explore narratives crafted by intertwined entities of water, stones, trees, and birds. This frame facilitates a shift towards an elastic territory that transcends traditional temporal confines. Through it, the module seeks to contemplate diverse methods of world-building that prioritise the interconnectedness of elemental forces, diverging from the dominant doctrines of industrialisation and accumulation.
Participation in the Spring module is offered free of charge, and the residents will be provided with free accommodation at Cittadellarte. However, residents will be required to arrange and cover expenses for their travel to/from Biella and for the food/living costs whilst in Cittadellarte. A limited number of partial and full travel bursaries are made available to those who would not otherwise be able to participate.
BAI Residency Program
Deadline: 16/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Misk Foundation
Details: The Misk Art Institute is looking for full-time emerging and mid-career Saudi contemporary artists working in the fields of visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic art) and contemporary art (collage, assemblage, mixed-media, video art) who meet one of the the following criteria: 3+ years of fine arts experience; 3+ years of exhibiting history; Actively practicing and engaging in the arts. What We Provide; Roundtrip flight to Berlin and visas for Germany; Accommodation (as set by residency partner); Workspace studio; Expert mentorship; Masterclass, lectures, workshops; Networking opportunities; Per diem in two payments.
4th Edition of Caravane Ouadane
Deadline: 20/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Mauritania
Duration: 15 days
Apply: Caravane Ouadane
Details: Candidates (visual artists, dancers, musicians, comedians, writers and chefs) who wish to participate in the 4th edition of Caravane Ouadane. This year there will be 8 places, including one reserved for a young Mauritanian artist and one for a musician on a scholarship from Teranim, and the applications will be individual. The organisation will pay for transport from Nouakchott to Ouadane (and return), will feed and accommodate the artists in traditional houses and they will help with household chores, but it will not pay for the stay in Nouakchott or the production of the works nor will it provide pocket money.
Cultural & Artistic Responses To The Environmental Crisis
Deadline: 21/3/2024
Type: Mentorship Award
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Prince Claus Fonds
Details: Cultural & Artistic Responses to the Environmental Crisis (CAREC) is a year-long programme aimed at accelerating engaged community-based cultural practices with a focus on climate justice that acknowledge the social, political and economic dimensions of the environmental crisis.
CAREC brings together 12 mid-career artists and cultural practitioners (± 8-15 years of relevant professional experience) with four mentors, all working across a range of disciplines and environmental issues. Each artist receives an award of €10.000 to work on the concept for a body of work that they outline in their application.
The programme activities require an average time commitment of 10 hours per month, though this varies throughout the year. Moreover, participants should be comfortable sharing ideas in spoken English to foster a space of mutual learning and exchange.
Arcus Project 2024 Ibaraki Artist-in-residence
Deadline: 21/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Japan
Duration: 90 days
Apply: ARCUS
Details: The artist-in-residency program is in Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan. The participants receive stipends (567,000 JPY) for living and work expenses. A studio, accommodation, round-trip airfare, and staff support are provided. The program particularly emphasizes research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios.
TEKWIN Program 2024
Deadline: 24/3/2024
Type: Program
Location: Morocco
Duration: 8 months
Apply: 4s fest
Details: Tekwin has set up a variety of activity formats: Masterclasses, individual sessions, workshops, residencies, discussions on music industry topics, and networking events.
he program is designed to uplift electronic music artists and professionals through comprehensive training, collaboration, networking, and (new) research initiatives.
Axis 1 : Production, Creation
Axis 2 : Grow your audience
Axis 3 : Develop your career within an ecosystem
** This program is free of charge **
ELIGIBILITY: DJ and/or Producer
LEVEL: Intermediate
Exhibition Guides ProgramDeadline: 25/3/2024
Type: Internship
Location: UAE
Duration: min. 2 days/month
Apply: 421 Art Campus
Details: The program offers young art professionals with specialized training around how to engage with visitors of all backgrounds. This includes training on how to engage with children, families, People of Determination, and various other audiences. The training also includes exhibition-specific training by art professionals, curators, and artists whose work is presented at the 421 campus. Selected participants are expected to commit to a certain number of hours per month to give guided tours to different audiences such as families, schools, universities, cultural institutions, and other groups. Exhibition Guides are also expected to attend all training sessions offered by respective specialists at 421 at a minimum of 20 hours per exhibition. riority is for Abu Dhabi based applicants. Applicants should be recent graduates or art professionals with equivalent work experience. This is a paid opportunity.
Saari Residence 2025
Deadline: 27/3/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Finland
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Kone Foundation
Details: Saari Residence, maintained by Kone Foundation , is an international and multidisciplinary artist in residence in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland. It offers a unique opportunity for artists to immerse themselves in their practice in a culturally and historically significant old manor house setting, away from the distractions of everyday life.
The residency periods for individual artists are two months long, and the residency includes a working grant, free accommodation and a workspace with 24-hour access. Artists groups can apply for shorter group residencies in the summer of 2025.
Takhsina Open Call
Deadline: 28/3/2024
Type: Studio Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 4-5 months
Apply: Goethe Cairo
Details: Open call for artists and art groups in Egypt! Apply now for a chance to use one of our 3 TAKHSHINA work spaces. Each space will be provided with essential equipment; specific equipment needs must be highlighted in the application. TakhshĪna does not support production, catering, transport, travel, or accommodation costs. Although, applications from outside Cairo are welcomed. Selected artists and practitioners are encouraged to organise open studio visits during or after their occupancy.
Photography: the Universal LanguageDeadline: 28/3/2024
Type: Festival
Location: Morocco
Apply: Foto Femme United
Details: The open call is aimed at amplifying the voices of female and non-binary photographers based in or from the MENA region. The exhibition seeks to celebrate the diversity of narratives within the Arab World, providing a platform for female and non-binary photographers to share their unique perspectives. Winners of the open call will have the opportunity to be part of the photography exhibition taking place at Musée de la Femme from April 20 - October 31, 2024. Winners also have the opportunity to sell their prints at the museum. Participants must be based in or from the MENA region.
12th edition of LIVE WORKS
Deadline: 29/3/2024
Type: Residency / Fellowship
Location: Italy
Duration: 15 days
Apply: Centrale Fies
Details: The open call LIVE WORKS includes creative residency periods for the selected projects. LIVE WORKS sees performance as a work space, and as an instrument and cultural exercise. Starting from the notion of performance in the visual art practice, the project is unique in its particular attention to hybrid research, underlining the openness and fluidity of performance, its social and political implications and its level of public understandability. 6 artists will be selected and each artist will have an annual fellowship of €3,000; 15 day individual residency at Centrale Fies; a collective residency together with all the selected artists.
Open Call: Isdar Mustaqel
Deadline: 30/3/2024
Type: Publication
Location: Egypt
Apply: 40MUSTAQEL
Details: We seek to engage communities of graphic designers, writers, designer-authors, linguists, and broader arts and cultural workers in the SWANA region and beyond. Other backgrounds and disciplines are welcome and encouraged to submit as well. Language is the theme of our first issue, whereby we use all forms of language as a lens to think through the practice of graphic design and typography by examining sociolinguistics, script/speech, mass media, pop culture and more. Contributions are in Arabic or English and can include (but are not limited to) essays, conversations, testimonies, reviews, reports, case studies, design projects, design responses, republished/translated texts with responses, creative writings and interventions.
Falastin Film Festival 2024
Deadline: 31/3/2024
Type: Festival
Location: Scotland
Apply: Falastin Film Fest
Details: Falastin Film Festival (FFF) is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collective of Palestinians and allies dedicated to bringing Palestinian art to the Edinburgh and Highland audiences.
We’re calling on Palestinian filmmakers, of any level, to submit your film by March 31, 2024, through the link in our bio. We are dedicated to bringing Palestinian cinema to Scotland and we would love to hear your story.
February
Artist Practice Workshop with Firas Shehadeh
Deadline: 11/2/2024
Type: Workshop
Location: Tunis
Duration: 1 day
Apply: B7L9 Art Station
Details: In this workshop, Firas Shehadeh will invite participants into the ‘back end’ of his artistic practice, exploring the ideas, images, sounds, artists, and worlds that make up his politically engaged work. Some of what will be covered will include Gaza, Palestine, and colonialism more broadly, media (especially online), memes, music, games, and world building. This session is ideal for emerging artists, and those who work around video, sound, and whose interests and work take them into online and imagined worlds.
Supergau Festival in Pinzgau 2025
Deadline: 12/2/2024
Type: Festival
Location: Austria
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Province of Salzburg
Details: Supergau is a festival that takes place exclusively in outdoor spaces: Any landscape form can become a stage, an artistic field of action. This Open Call marks the beginning of Supergau, which will culminate in a ten-day festival. Supergau invites artists to take their time for the festival and therefore enables residencies in advance, which offer the opportunity to work, research and exchange ideas on site. The total budget for the Open Call is 220,000 euros. Together with a jury of experts, the artistic director selects projects that can apply within two categories: Up to €15,000 or up to €30,000.
Cairotronica 2024 // Out-Natured
Deadline: 25/2/2024
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Cairotronica
Details: Artists, individuals, collectives, and groups are invited to submit work that examines the crucial intersection of technology, nature, and society. 'Out-Natured' calls for artworks incorporating new media and technology in immersive installations, digital art, and interactive experiences
Atelier No. 69 - Open Call
Deadline: 25/2/2024
Type: Open Studio
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 day
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: The on-going format invites artists from the region, Germany and abroad to present their current projects to a broadly interested audience at PACT. Through this open call, projects in various stages of development as well as finished works are selected for each ATELIER edition. Participants receive: A modest honorarium; Accommodation (which we organise and pay for); Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from PACT Zollverein; Reimbursement of transport costs for the delivery and return of equipment (upon prior agreement).
Gypsum Bursaries 2024
Deadline: 29/2/2024
Type: Bursaries
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Gypsum Gallery
Details: Announcing the second round of Gypsum Bursaries, a stipend and support program offered to visual artists to support their research towards the realization of a publication. The initiative is open to citizens or residents of Egypt with creative and original publishing proposals in English, Arabic, or both, across various formats.
AMOUNT: 3 bursaries of 40,000 EGP. Each recipient will receive mentoring support from the Gypsum Bursaries team and the selection committee. The committee comprises artist and curator Maha Maamoun, artist Mahmoud Khaled, and writer Yasmine El Rashidi.
MedRX Residencies 2024
Deadline: 29/2/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Medrar
Details: We are pleased to announce MedRX Residencies, an artist residency program initiated by Medrar and dedicated to Egyptian artists with a focus on immersive and new technology such as extended reality, artificial intelligence, and moving images.
The first edition of the program consists of several cycles, each lasting for one month, which can be extended, allowing the resident artist to fully utilize the facilities, programs, and services provided by Medrar.
January
Athens Residency Application
Deadline: 8/1/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Greece
Duration: 2 months
Apply: ARC Athens
Details: ARCAthens values diversity and welcomes applicants from all countries and nationalities, representing a broad range of creative thought and practice. The Athens Residency program is open to applicants not residing in Greece.
Fellowship Prize: $2,000 USD.
Air Travel: The cost of a basic coach round trip ticket is provided by ARCAthens.
Stipend: In addition to the Fellowship Prize, a stipend of 150 USD per week is provided, meant to supplement food and local transportation expenses.
Assistant Curator | ARD Art InstitutionDeadline: 10/1/2024
Type: Vacancy
Location: Egypt
Apply: ARD Art Institution
Details: Assistant Coordinator Position - Full time (Sunday to Thursday 11 am to 6 pm). We are looking for someone with passion and initiative to contribute to the team.
The Lab of Culture Development 2024
Deadline: 13/1/2024
Type: Egypt
Location: Program
Duration: 8 months
Apply: Wekalet Behna/ Alwan w Awtar
Details: It is an applied educational path that extends over a period of 8 months (from February to September 2024) with support from the International Fund for Cultural Diversity. It includes 5 meetings, each meeting lasts 3 or 4 days, and also some short online meetings. The participant pays a deposit of 2,000 Egyptian pounds at the beginning of the program and is refunded at the end, provided that he commits to attending and completing the program until the end. For participants from outside Cairo: The costs of transportation and organizing overnight stays in Cairo will be covered according to the needs of each participant.
Black Rock Senegal Residency
Deadline: 15/1/2024
Type: Residency
Location: Senegal
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: Black Rock
Details: Residents are provided room, board, and individual studios, as well as access to a number of shared spaces such as the library, gym, sauna, swimming pool and gardens. Residents are provided with a local staff to assist in navigating Dakar and a language tutor to assist with English, French, and Wolof– the three primary languages of the program. Residents are also provided a stipend to be used to purchase supplies and attend cultural activities while in residency.
ArtsLink International Fellowships
Deadline: 15/1/2024
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Duration: 6 weeks+
Apply: CEC Artslink
Details: The ArtsLink International Fellowships program supports pioneering artists, curators, and arts leaders from our network countries in developing their community-engaged practices and fosters creative relationships with US based artists, arts organizations and communities. Priority will be given to artists and arts leaders whose work expands people’s awareness, understanding, and active participation in environmental and/or social justice issues. Additional attention will be given to artists and arts leaders who have been displaced from their homes or forced into exile, regardless of where they are now living. The multi-phase Fellowship offers: An online research and networking; in-person immersive residency; a follow-up project in the home country.
Open Call: WHW Akademija 2024
Deadline: 15/1/2024
Type: Program
Location: Croatia
Duration: 9 months
Apply: What, How and for Whom
Details: WHW Akademija is a tuition-free study program for 10 to 15 international participants. It is open to individuals who are still in the formative stages of developing an independent artistic practice and are seeking to deepen their formal, theoretical, and critical skills. Participants will be expected to engage in an intense process of collective working and learning through a model that combines discursive formats and a number of practical exercises, including encounters with the public.
de Appel Curatorial Programme 2024
Deadline: 15/1/2024
Type: Program
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 10 months
Apply: de Appel
Details: De Appel’s Curatorial Programme is thrilled to open the application process to local and international curatorial and artistic collectives who are interested in learning and practising lumbung as a model and method for collective organisation. This edition of the programme is dedicated to collectives whose practice is embedded in sociopolitical movements, and whose art is an extension of their communal lives. The programme will be geared towards taking the lumbung practices of documenta fifteen as a case study.
Prince Claus Seed Awards 2024
Deadline: 16/1/2024
Type: Award
Location: Netherlands
Amount: €5,000
Apply: Prince Claus Fonds
Details: The award is granted to 100 emerging artists within the initial 1 to 5 years of their professional career who work in contexts where cultural expression is under pressure. Each Seed Award recipient will receive an award to invest in developing their artistic and cultural practice on their own terms. They should have established and innovative and interesting artistic or cultural practice that addresses pressing social/political issues that are important within their local context; have received little to no institutional recognition/support for their artistic/cultural practices; are from, living, and working in our eligible countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.
Ecological Bodies, Empirical Sounds
Deadline: 25/1/2024
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Sonic Spaces
Details: A program of readings, listening and experimental sessions. The second edition of the interactive archive project "SonicSpaces" will be on exploring the relationship between sound and the environment it inhabits, and its effectiveness in shaping the surrounding environment. From 10 to 12 participants will be selected to engage with each of the program mentors. We encourage participants to think, discuss, write, and sound record during the program. Applicants are kindly requested to commit to attending their selected sessions choosing betwee attending the entire program or part of it, due to limited spots and to facilitate the organization process.
November
EMMA Designers in Residence
Deadline: 15/11/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: EMMA Kreativzentrum
Details: The scholarship includes use of fully equipped workshop workplaces in the EMMA Creative Center and free accommodation for the period from April 1 to June 30, 2024. In addition, each scholarship holder will receive a monthly support of 1,000 euros together with travel costs. A special allowance will be made available for material costs. The results of the scholarship will be presented in an exhibition at the EMMA Creative Center.
Associated Artists- Residency at Prozess
Deadline: 20/11/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Swizterland
Duration: 1 month
Apply: PROZESS, BERN
Details: PROZESS is a cultural venue that supports artists from the fields of music, theater, dance, literature, film and visual arts. Besides the public venue, PROZESS is offering a studio, mainly equipped to work on sound but multifunctional in its use. The artists will receive per diems, and their incurred travel expenses will be covered by artlink. Please note that basic knowledge of at least one of the following languages is mandatory for all applicants: English or German.
School of Commons 2024
Deadline: 29/11/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Swizterland
Duration: 10 months
Apply: School of Commons
Details: School of Commons, a global community learning space, is looking for individual and collective projects to form the SoC informal learning space from April 2024 to February 2025. For 2024, we will be selecting 10 Funded Projects: each receiving a total budget of 3,500 CHF alongside access to publishing opportunities, mentors/speakers, workshops on peer learning, collaborations, accommodation in Zürich during the School of Commons Gathering, and more.
Solitude Fellowship Program 2024–2026
Deadline: 29/11/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6-12 months
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: The Solitude fellowship is a residential fellowship. All fellows must have their permanent residence in Stuttgart for the fellowship’s duration (obligation to register residence). The fellowship includes a furnished living/working studio; a monthly fellowship grant of € 1,200; travel expenses for arrival and departure. The Akademie also offers optional additional benefits which are adjustable in accordance with the current budget situation; transport expenses subsidy for the carriage of materials, tools, instruments and books, project funding and one-off materials subsidy, Health insurance in the case of non-EU fellowship candidates.
2023 Project Room Open Call
Deadline: 30/11/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: USA
Amount: $8000
Apply: LOCUST PROJECTS
Details: Locust Projects invites local, national, and international artists to apply for the opportunity to access the space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work in our 625 sq ft PROJECT ROOM in our new space. Locust Projects provides selected artists with curatorial guidance, production budget, artist W.A.G.E. fee, documentation, and an opportunity to stay in the Locust Projects residency.
European Digital Deal Open Call
Deadline: 30/11/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Europe
Duration: 9 Months
Apply: European Digital Deal
Details: The residencies address the challenges of our time to unveil or mitigate the risks of ubiquitous technologies - such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and algorithmic processing - and propose solutions aligned with democratic principles. Each residency will be hosted by a different partner in the project. Beneficiaries of this open call will receive up to 25 000 EUR as a lump sum per residency (This covers the artist fee and other residency-related costs (including but not limited to artwork/prototype production, artist travel and accommodation expenses).
October
TaDA 2024 Open Call
Deadline: 1/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: TaDA
Details: We are looking for creative personalities from different disciplines and regions of the world to open up new opportunities of collaboration with the textile industries in Eastern Switzerland. Particularly welcome are cultural practitioners who want to engage with questions related to the future of the textile industry and its sustainability. TADA covers Accommodation in Arbon, Travel expenses, Contribution to the cost of living,Workplace in the former textile and engine factory in Arbon (Kreativzentrum ZIK).
Grants for Artists’ Practice
Deadline: 1/10/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Arab region
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Mophradat
Details: Each year, the program provides grants of either 4,000 USD or 8,000 USD to approximately eight artists, who also participate in six conversations, organized by Mophradat. The conversations would take place once a month during the first six months of the grant period as follows: three individual conversations with peers and three sessions where participants share about their personal project or practice, in conversation with the rest of the group.
2024 Eyebeam FellowshipDeadline: 1/10/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Eyebeam
Details: In this digital-first fellowship cycle beginning February 15, 2024, through August 15, 2024, we call on artists to bring their innate mental, spiritual, and physical aspects of what it means to be human into play with technology to affirm humanity’s role as creators, not spectators, of our collective techno-future. Selected artists participating in this six-month program will receive a $20,000 stipend and work in fellowship to support the development and implementation of their projects.
Camargo Fellowship 2024—2025
Deadline: 1/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 10 weeks
Apply: Camargo Foundation
Details: Proposals may include specific projects to develop or complete (e.g. a book, film, composition, artwork, etc.) or research into a particular topic or issue, in advance of writing or creating a work of art. Research projects should be pertinent to the Fellow’s field. The Camargo Core Program welcomes both open-ended exploration, or more focused works. A stipend of EUR 350 per week is provided, as is funding for basic transportation to and from Cassis for the Fellow for the residency. In the case of air travel, basic coach class booked in advance is covered.
Rijksakademie Residency 2024/2025
Deadline: 1/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 2 years
Apply: The Rijksakademie
Details: The Rijksakademie offers a two-year international residency programme to around fifty artists that provides space for research, experiment and production of new work. Residents are supported with a studio, a work budget and a stipend and can seek advice from leading art professionals from a wide variety of cultural and creative backgrounds.
Incubator: Call For Workshop Proposals
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Workshop
Location: Online
Duration: 6 months
Apply: ArtLink
Details: The goal of this call is to strengthen artists in their ability to share their creative practice and experience with others, while also fostering collaboration and dialogue on specific topics. We are looking for socially engaged proposals that focus on local realities, engage audiences beyond the art community, and include hands-on experiences and practical tools. Priority will be given to workshops that promote learning and working across disciplines. Selected applicants will receive a grant and be paired with an experienced partner who will provide professional guidance, advice and support in the production and implementation of the proposed workshop. One applicant will be per workshop category. They will receive a grant of CHF 4000 for their project.
Art Omi: Artists 2024
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Art Omi
Details: Art Omi: Artists invites artists from around the world, representing a wide diversity of artistic styles and practices, to gather in rural New York to experiment, collaborate and share ideas. Concentrated time for creative work is balanced with the stimulation of cultural exchange and critical appraisal. Artists are provided with a private studio, shared living quarters, and meals at no cost, but are responsible for their travel and material expenses, unless they are eligible for travel grants as specified in our fellowships guidelines.
Art Omi: Architecture 2024
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Art Omi
Detail The Art Omi: Architecture residency invites 10 early- to mid-career architects to further develop their work during a full two-week residency at Art Omi. Residents are chosen through a competitive juried process and are invited to attend and participate, at no cost to themselves (except for travel expenses). All meals and accommodation is provided in a scenic setting in Columbia County, New York. Art Omi is located near the city of Hudson, about two hours north of New York City. Application is open to architects from any part of the world that have been professionally active for at least the past five (5) years since professional licensing or obtaining an M. Arch. degree in the U.S. or internationally.
Art Omi: Writers 2024
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 1 - 8 weeks
Apply: Art Omi
Details: Art Omi: Writers hosts authors and translators from around the world for residencies throughout the spring and fall. The program’s strong international emphasis provides exposure for global literary voices and reflects the spirit of cultural exchange that is essential to Art Omi’s mission. Your writing sample does NOT have to be an English translation; please submit your writing sample in your mother tongue. All other documentation must be submitted in English.
Enclave Land Art
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Spain
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Enclave Land Art
Details: We will select seven projects from different artistic disciplines that will be developed and produced in the natural environment during the two weeks of the Art Residency, sharing experiences, ideas and a common goal.
All projects must take into consideration people’s interest in contemporary arts, aiming to give greater value to the area of Quesa, promoting a deep and permanent conscience about the historical, cultural and traditional aspects of the territory. The organisers will cover the travel costs from/to the original country with up to 200€. Individual grants of 800€. It will be paid upon receiving an invoice from the artist, with no exception.
Jameel Prize 7
Deadline: 15/10/2023
Type: Prize
Location: KSA
Apply: Art Jameel
Details: Be a moving image work, eg. video, film, installation; a work in new media, eg. digital art, animation, sound, 3D printing, VR; or a work in a traditional or analogue medium that uses new technologies in innovative ways.
All work proposed for the Jameel Prize must already exist, and have been made in the last five years (2018 or later). It must be available for exhibition in 2024–2027.
September
Henry Moore Grants
Deadline: 1/9/2023
Type: Grant
Location: UK
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Henry Moore Foundation
Details: For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 January 2024. Support is for projects that involve sculpture in some way. For your application to be successful it should be predominantly focused on sculpture, or the sculpture element of your project.
Lost, Found, Eternal Workshop
Deadline: 1/9/2023
Type: Workshop
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 months
Apply: StudioKhana
Details: The second edition of the workshop will take place in September between three different locations: Museum of Egyptian Modern Art, Heliopolis Public Library, and Bayt El-Sennari. With a focus on the Site-specific artwork, we aim to spend time exploring each of these locations and learning about their histories or current fields of work, and ultimately finding ways to engage with each space as it is, taking into consideration all the limitations.
The International Privacytopia Festival 2024
Deadline: 8/9/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Belgium
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Institution
Details: The first edition of the international Privacytopia Festival will take place in Ghent, Belgium, in March 2024. Privacytopia is an arts festival researching data-usage, data profiling and data monetisation and their implications on individuals and society. The works exhibited at Privacytopia are touching on surveillance, AI, neurotechnology, transhumanism, robotics, deep fake, datafication, hacktivism, digital labour, et al. An artist fee and transportation costs are covered. The organisation will draft a case-by-case proposal for the selected artist. Upon agreement the collaboration will be confirmed.
Call for Fellows: Tool Sheds
Deadline: 10/9/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Nieuwe Instituut
Details: This years' iteration, themed Tool Sheds, focuses on researching and applying tools, instruments, formats and methods that would help to foster a society that supports all life. Researchers “inhabit” the space of the “Tool Sheds” to test and share tools and applied methodologies, metaphorical or otherwise. Nieuwe Instituut offers two Research Fellowship positions for six months (from January 2024 to June 2024). Each of these positions includes a maximum budget of 20,000 euros. Stipends may be subject to a withholding tax.
Call For Entries Residencies 1/2024
Deadline: 13/9/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3-6 weeks
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: From January to June 2024 PACT Zollverein is offering a residency programme for the development and realisation of projects and productions, which is open to professional artists from both Germany and abroad working in the fields of dance, performance, media art and science. Residencies are planned individually and include a working space and local accommodation as well as financial support in the form of a weekly grant allowance and travel costs.
Call For Papers: Jerusalem Quarterly
Deadline: 15/9/2023
Type: Publication
Location: Palestine
Length: —
Apply: Institute for Palestine Studies
Details: We invite contributions for *TWO* special issues! (1) exploring the cultural, political, & other dimensions of Palestinian food & (2) exploring the literary legacy of Jerusalem. Authors are invited to submit proposals for original articles, essays, or pieces for JQ's permanent sections that align with the theme of the special issue. The editors encourage collaborative proposals as well as proposals that take advantage of JQ's digital format to include audio or video sources.
The Biennial of Dakar
Deadline: 15/9/2023
Type: Biennale
Location: Senegal
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Dakar Biennale
Details: The international Exhibition of the fifteenth edition of the Biennial of Contemporary African Art is open only to african artists and/or from the diaspora. Candidates must submit a completed application form and the required documents, as described below, on USB flash drive to be sent by e-mail to opencall2024@biennaledakar.org and by post before September 15th 2024 to the General Secretariat of the Biennial of Dakar, located at 19 avenue Hassan II 1st Floor. BP: 3865. Dakar Senegal.
Open Call For Curators
Deadline: 17/9/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Basis Frankfurt
Details: Basis is offering a 2-month residency in Frankfurt from February 1 until March 31, 2024 and curating a show in autumn 2024. Includes is; cover of travel expenses; apartment and working space; a monthly per diem of 1.000 Euro; additional fee for the exhibition.
Switch 2023: Open Call
Deadline: 29/9/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Ireland
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Switch Art Project
Details: Switch 2023 will be 8 lens based works by 8 artists. These works will be installed in 8 different locations throughout the town centre of Nenagh and will run simultaneously from 4pm to midnight daily for one week. The event itself will be accompanied by a small publication & a website. You are invited to submit a proposal to show your lens based works. Please include a short statement describing your proposal and include a bio. An artist fee of Euro 225 will be paid to each artist for the showing of the work.
Hangar Artists Residency
Deadline: 30/9/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Portugal
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: HANGAR
Details: The HANGAR Residencies Programme gives artists not living in Portugal the opportunity to live and work in Lisbon for a period of 1 to 3 months. Hangar invites artists who practice the visual arts. The special equipment HANGAR provides includes: a library, studio space, DYA tools, a photo laboratory, and Internet access. The program is non-prescriptive and process-based, allowing visiting artists to develop projects in response to their new environment, current research and practice, or to conduct research benefiting from Lisbon’s resources.
August
Daret: Artistic Research Residency
Deadline: 5/8/2023 (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Daret
Details: Daret hosts in residence in an apartment and workshop in Casablanca two Moroccan artists from Morocco for one year, from January 2024 to January 2025. Art disciplines: Visual arts, digital arts, performing arts, sound arts, photography, drawing, painting, multidisciplinary approach. Graduated for at least 3 years.
In Practice Open Call
Deadline: 6/8/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: USA
Duration: 9 months
Apply: Sculpture Center
Details: Artists are asked to provide a detailed proposal for new work to be produced with Sculpture Center’s support and exhibited for the first time at SculptureCenter. The proposal must include a detailed description and/or renderings of the proposed presentation, a working budget, and additional language or imagery situating the proposal in relation to past work. Project Budget (up to $6,000). Participating artists will receive a separate honorarium of $1,000.
Mentorship Award: Moving Narratives Deadline: 10/8/2023
Type: Mentorship Award
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Prince Claus/ British Council
Details: Dominant historical and social narratives tend to exclude the experiences and stories of marginalised communities, silence critical voices, and erase, overlook, or at times over-emphasise differences. The multidisciplinary programme re-examines legacies of the past, defies euro-centric social and historical discourses, centres the perspectives of marginalised communities, and forges connections between contemporary emancipatory movements and their historical roots. Additionally, each participant will receive an award of €10.000.
Frame Curatorial Research Fellowship 2023–2024
Deadline: 13/8/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Finland
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Frame
Details: The second round of two fellowships is organised in collaboration with the Queens Museum in New York and Van Abbemuseumin Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Support for the research and introduction to the partners’ contexts 12 000 EUR working grant for 4 months for each fellow between Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024. Two to three research visits hosted by Frame and the collaborating partner. Small production budget to present the research, in the form of e.g. seminar, talk or text.
Marie-Solanges Apollon Program Deadline: 14/8/2023
Type: Program
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: AWARE
Details: AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions is launching the first edition of the Marie-Solanges Apollon program with the goal of giving visibility to women* artists from the Black Atlantic diasporas, from the 19th century to today. By granting a scholarship and a residency, the program is aimed at encouraging research into the practices of artists in transcultural situations. We encourage research that highlights the artistic practices of women in transcultural situations related to the Black Atlantic, according to Paul Gilroy, or to the Global South. Special attention will be given to propositions that focus on artists who have lived with overlapping issues related to migration, métissage, Afro-descendance, Africanness, and/or gender.
Open Call For Artistic Intervention: Memory And Gender
Deadline: 15/8/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 days
Apply: MARKK Hamburg
Details: This year's Mexican Dead Festival will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2023 and Sunday, November 12, 2023 all-day in MARKK. On the Day of the Dead, in Spanish "Día de los Muertos" is celebrated annually in early November in Mexico to commemorate the deceased and celebrate life and death. In particular, we would be happy about queer-feminist and decolonial perspectives on gender and memory. There, already existing, as well as proposals for work still to be developed, can be submitted. The creative person or group will receive a lump sum in the amount of 2,000.00 Euro (incl. Value Added Tax) for production, travel, artist fees and material costs.
Dastaangoi: The Artist-in-Residence Program
Deadline: 15/8/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Pakistan
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Dastaangoi
Details: A program of talks, workshops and other events will be run by Dastaangoi in collaboration with the residents to promote interaction and exchange of ideas both among the residents and with the wider community. Dastaangoi Artist Residency will be open to visual, sculpture and new media artists. Dastaangoi will offer artists a 2 week residency with onsite accommodation and studio space.
See Djerba Media Art Project
Deadline: 16/8/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Tunisia
Duration: 2 days
Apply: SEE DJERBA
Details: For a public viewing and community debate we are looking for media artworks that can be presented as architecture projections. We invite artists to kindly share their media artworks for a 1-3-minute display on 8 and 9 September 2023 in Houmt Souk / Djerba (tn). We are looking for artists who work with still and moving images, animation, and creative coding, and other that can be presented as architecture projection. This call for artists is open to both emerging and established artists from around the world. Artists working in disciplines such as drawing and painting, photo and video art, digital art, new media, and related fields are encouraged to apply.
Mawasem: Stories Of The Vessel
Deadline: 22/8/2023
Type: Program
Location: SWANA Region
Duration: 3 months + 2 weeks
Apply: Goethe-Institut Kairo
Details: Mawasem is an explorative program initiated by the Goethe-Instituts in North Africa and the Middle East. Artists, farmers, cooks, culinary activists, and creative practitioners as well as scientists/academics from SWANA region or based in SWANA region or Germany, who are interested in exploring the histories of food in the SWANA region; Peer-mentoring; A round trip (economy) and visa fees to Egypt are covere; Accommodation in Egypt during the exploratory excursion; A grant amount of 400 EUR.
Malta Biennale Open Call
Deadline: 25/8/2023
Type: Biennale
Location: Malta
Duration: 3 months
Apply: MUŻA
Details: The theme of this year’s Biennale, ‘white sea olive groves’. The maximum eligible amount per project is Eur 13,000.
The Body Is A Movement Ddw2023
Deadline: 25/8/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Onomatopee
Details: For Dutch Design Week 2023 (21 - 29 October 2023) we are looking for projects around the body to be featured in our exhibition The Body is a Movement at Sectie-C. How can we rid our bodies of capitalist structures of efficiency, quantification and productivity? How can we reclaim our bodies, allowing ourselves to feel, rest, enjoy and connect to the world around us? We will support Material budget, Exhibition design, and communication.
HBK-PROJECTS Curator Fellowship
Deadline: 30/8/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Braunschweig University of Art
Details: HBK is awarding a one-year Curator Fellowship with a start date of 1 April 2024. The goal of this fellowship is to intensify cooperation between HBK and the museums and art institutions in the local area and more broadly throughout Lower Saxony. Funding will be provided in the form of scholarships of 1,250 euros per month over a period of 12 months. A fully equipped workplace at the university is available. A project cost grant of up to 4,000 euros will be provided to support exhibition activities. There is a travel budget of 2,000 euros. The funding period begins on 1 April 2024. Housing in Braunschweig cannot be provided.
Artist Residency at 500 Capp Street
Deadline: 30/8/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Duration: 5 months
Apply: 500 Capp Street
Details: This five-month residency program at 500 Capp Street in San Francisco, CA will begin in the Fall of 2023 and end in Spring of 2024 with some flexibility. The focus of this year’s program is to create work highlighting experimentation that expands the boundaries of genre, medium and material. There will be a $10,000 travel stipend and honoraria for the individual or collective, and up to a $10,000 production budget.
Gender Bender 2023
Deadline: 31/8/2023
Type: Festival
Location: India
Amount: $900
Apply: Sandbox Collective
Details: We invite applications from individuals and collectives working in the field of arts to create new and original* work around the idea of gender . Gender Bender 2023 grant includes a maximum grant amount of INR 75,000 towards the creation of the work.
Henrike Grohs Art Award Deadline: 31/8/2023
Type: Award
Location: Africa
Duration: €20,000
Apply: The Grohs Family
Details: The winning individual artist or collective will receive a cash prize of 20.000€ and 10.000€ towards the production of a publication on their work. Two artists or collectives will be selected as runners up and will be awarded a cash prize of 5.000€ each.
Stiftung Künstlerdorf of Schöppingen Deadline: 31/8/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 2-6 months
Apply: Künstlerdorf
Details: Grants are 1,500 euros per month, minus 100 - 200 euros for rent and operating expenses. The grant for collectives is 1,000 euros per person, but a maximum of 3,000 euros minus rent and operating costs. Travel, insurance or material costs will only be covered in exceptional cases. During the stay, the premises and infrastructure of the artists' village can be used. There is the possibility to use exhibition and presentation facilities. In addition, we welcome the voluntary co-organization of events, in the form of lectures, readings, workshops or the like. Accommodation for partners, family members or assistance can be provided upon agreement and availability. Funding will be provided in the form of scholarships of 1,250 euros per month over a period of 12 months. A fully equipped workplace at the university is available. A project cost grant of up to 4,000 euros will be provided to support exhibition activities. There is a travel budget of 2,000 euros.
Mia Art Collection Deadline: Rolling
Type: Call for Proposals
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: MIA Art collection
Details: The moment has come ! Send us your project!
requirement / Be Woman artist. Info@miaartcollection.org
July
Zeitz MOCCA/UWC: Museum Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 3/7/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Africa
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Zeitz MOCCA
Details: An open call for a year-long museum fellowship programme, developed to educate a new generation of art and museum professionals in Africa. The programme covers tuition, accommodation, basic health insurance and a monthly stipend. Travel to South Africa and visa costs are not included. Eligible applicants will preferably have a bachelor’s degree in art history, curatorial studies, political science, history, heritage or museum studies or other relevant humanities field; excellent writing skills; 2-3 years of relevant work experience; citizenship of an African country; and proficiency in English.
AFAC: Music Grant Program
Deadline: 4/7/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Arab Region
Amount: USD 25,000 - 35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Music grant supports production, performances, collaborations, album recordings and festivals. Travel costs can be covered by the AFAC grant only when they are part of the implementation of a project.
AFAC: Cinema Grant Program
Deadline: 4/7/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Arab Region
Amount: USD 10,000 - 50,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Cinema grant is open to all kinds of fiction film projects. The program welcomes submissions of short and medium-length narrative films in production and post-production and feature narratives that are in development, production or post-production phases.
AFAC: Training and Regional Events Grants
Deadline: 4/7/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Arab Region
Amount: USD 25,000 - 35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: AFAC’s Training and Regional Events grant supports training and workshops in the different cultural and artistic fields, in addition to residencies, symposiums, forums, and festivals (multidisciplinary, music, film, performing arts, visual arts, and literature).
Mawjoudin: Tunisian Queer Residency
Deadline: 7/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Tunisia
Amount: €2,400
Apply: Mawjoudin
Details: Taking place in two phases with a public showcase event, 10 selected artists from Tunisia and the MENA region, who will work together on 5 queer projects from the disciplines: Performing arts, Music, and Visual Arts. Applicants can be based in the MENA Region or in Europe, must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience, and interest in and sensitivity to queer issues. Mawjoudin offers a creation grant of 8000 TND (€2,400) per duo project, the costs of accommodation, transport and food, the technical costs of each project, and VISA fees and round-trip airfare (for artists residing outside Tunisia).
ETHR: Community Apartment for Art Professionals
Deadline: 7/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 3-6 Weeks
Apply: ATHR
Details: ATHR is offering a unique opportunity for a stay in Diriyah, Riyadh right next to the cultural district of JAX – perfect for short-term project or research in the arts. Open to members of all nationalities, this program is your chance to reap the benefits of immersing yourself in Diriyah's vibrant art environment.
Roznama 9: Competition and Exhibtion
Deadline: 9/7/2023
Type: Exhibtion
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Medrar
Details: Roznama is planned to be held at Medrar for Contemporary Art, Ard Art Institution and Tahrir Cultural Center in Cairo; and Wekalet Behna and B’sarya in Alexandria, simultaneously.
Roznama will also hold a series of activities on the side of the main event to expand on its mission of giving the means and the space to the young artists.
UNIDEE Residency Modules Autumn 2023
Deadline: 9/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 9 days
Apply: UNIDEE Residency
Details: The programme is open to international participants of all backgrounds, whose practice sits anywhere across the broad spectrum of visual practice and research, with no restriction regarding disciplines, media or methodologies of work. Applications from artists, curators, writers, theorists, activists, all are welcome and encouraged. Residents will be provided with free accommodation at Cittadellarte. A limited number of partial and full travel bursaries are made available to those who would not otherwise be able to participate.
Mophradat: Orbitals
Deadline: 10/7/2023
Type: Program
Location: Senegal
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Mophradat
Details: Orbitals is an annual program that takes four curators and arts researchers to an international location in the Global South to learn about a different artistic context than the ones they are familiar with and share their knowledge with their communities. During the one-week guided research trip, the participants, along with members of Mophradat’s team, meet and share experiences with peers from the art scenes they are visiting. This year’s edition of Orbitals, taking place in December, will be an introduction to the art scene in Dakar. The participants will travel together for a program of meetings with artists and curators, as well as visits to art organizations and initiatives. Mophradat will provide flights, travel insurance, accommodation and per diems, and reimburse visa costs.
Artists Connecting In TransitionBelonging
Deadline: 19/7/2023
Type: Exhibtion
Location: Online
Duration: 3.5 months
Apply: Fanak Fund
Details: This is an open call for 8 multidisciplinary artists with lived experience of forced migration, exile, or displacement based anywhere in the world who are interested in taking part in a virtual exhibition as part of Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT).
AIR InSILo: Round 2023/2024
Deadline: 20/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 5 weeks
Apply: AIR InSILo
Details: We are looking for artistic and curatorial contributions: which have a shape and form of intervention (to any private/ public/third/ existing/ physical/ digital/ imaginary space); which critically reflect artistic labour. We offer an honorarium of 1000 Euros, an honorarium for the shortlist of 80 Euros, production costs of up to 500 Euros, coverage of travel costs of up to 300 Euros, coverage of transport costs of up to 50 Euros, an opportunity to stay with a partner and/or 1-2 children, usage of the facilities and equipment provided by the AIR InSilo, featuring in the InSilo Magazine.
Open Call for the Working Class Creatives Deadline: 16/7/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: UK
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Working Class Creatives
Details: We are looking for works relating to Class in relation to Body, Place and Time. The themes of the show will cover but are not restricted to; The working class body and its intersections; gender, race, size and our relationships to our own working class identities. Works can be any medium no limitation to the amount submitted. We have a small budget for printing of photographs and display. The show will Open on 3rd August -18th August. With install starting on the 27th of July.
ADEF: Grant Program نقطة
Deadline: 20/7/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Egypt
Duration: $2,500
Apply: ADEF
Details: The program accepts artistic projects, provided that they are multiple/intersectional/intermediate projects. Priority is given to projects that intersect in their implementation and output with different technological techniques. The project must include production. Project proposals in the research or academic research phase are excluded. The period of implementation or production of the proposed project should not exceed 6 months from the date of signing the contract. The artist fee should not to exceed 25% for artists and 30% for collectives, of the total proposed budget.
ADEF: Grant Program ربطة
Deadline: 20/7/2023
Type: Grant
Location: Egypt
Duration: 12 months
Apply: ADEF
Details: The program aims to provide in-kind and technical support for Arab artists residing in Egypt who work on artistic projects, by providing facilities for the implementation of accepted projects in addition to technical support from ADEF members or its network. The program accepts artistic projects, provided that they are multiple/intersectional/intermediate projects. Priority is given to projects that intersect in their implementation and output with different technological techniques. The project must include production. The period of implementation/production of the proposed project should not exceed 12 months from the date of signing the contract.
Mophradat: Art Time Residencies MusicDeadline: 23/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Mophradat
Details: The residency program is open to musicians, composers, producers, sound, and interdisciplinary artists to work collaboratively with the Berlin-based Ensemble Adapter on new work, to be presented at MaerzMusik festival in 2024. Applicants must be composers from or living in the Arab world; have at least 5 years’ professional work experience in the field of music and/or composition locally and/or internationally. The residency will also cover the costs of return economy travel for both trips, visa, and travel insurance, and the festival will provide the composer with a fee for the commission and concert.
Cairo Art Book Fair 2
Deadline: 23/7/2023
Type: Fair
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Cairo Art Book Fair
Details: We welcome applications from artists, artist collectives, designers who work with print, (maga)zine makers, independent publishers who are committed to publishing in/around the arts and distributors and bookshops who circulate an exciting selection of art books and prints. The exhibitors’ list will reflect our commitment to celebrating publishing practices that interface with Cairo and similar cities, the majority-Arabic-speaking region, North Africa, the Mediterranean and diaspora communities. The participation fee for artists, artist collectives, zine makers based in Egypt is 1,500 EGP (50 USD).
Safena.7: Open Call for Photographers
Deadline: 23/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Safena. 7
Details: We are excited to share an open invitation to photographers who are working on a photo-story and in the Sequence Edit stage. The first residency will take place during August. We want to invite photographers who need studio space to work with photos and think about the story and ways to present it and organize Studio Visits for discussions about the project to develop and experiment with it. The residency is focused on the process, documenting, sharing and talking about the work before it reaches the final form in general. Together with the resident, we would like to support the project, host visitors during the process, present and create shared spaces for work.
School of Kindess #3: Water Histories
Deadline: 24/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 5 days
Apply: School of Kindness
Details: Participants will engage in a five-day programme of practical and theoretical experimentation – in the form of seminars and conversations, reading and writing, (body) workshops, walking, cooking and swimming (weather allowing) under the guidance of our team and four invited mentors. We are looking for applicants who have a practice and/ or research that is engaged with the themes of this open call; with forms of migration and/ or new states of political imagination. The fee to participate in the 2023 edition is 150 Euros, arrange your own accommodation and cover your own travel costs.
Arabic Letter Lab 2023
Deadline: 28/7/2023
Type: Workshop
Location: Jordan
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Eyen Design
Details: In its second edition, titled Experiment 02–2023, the Arabc Letter Lab aims to investigate Arabic letterforms and their origins in the folds of the Arab world’s writing systems. The Arabic letter carries with it an inheritance of past cultures that it became a symbol of the evolutions of several civilisations. Eligibility: Jordanian applicants, applicants based in Jordan from the 12 different governorates, and applicants based in Palestine are solely eligible for this workshop.
Fees & Expenses: Free for every participant, including food and beverages. Accommodation and entry fees are provided to Palestinian participants crossing the bridge from Palestine.
Open Call: Publishing Grant 2023
Deadline: 30/7/2023
Type: Publishing Grant
Location: UAE
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Alsharjah Foundation
Details: The Publishing Grant invites project proposals from cultural producers such as: art and culture scholars, translators, writers, editors, independent publishers and publishing houses, collectives and non-profit institutions. We seek projects that contribute to the production of original ideas and critical thinking and that pursue an experimental and innovative approach to publishing. Sharjah Art Foundation will provide a total of 30,000 USD to multiple grantees to support projects that stand out for their intellectual, graphic and material qualities. The requested grant amount per project must not exceed 15,000 USD.
Open Call for Palestinian Artists
Deadline: 30/7/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Palestine
Duration: —
Apply: (X, Y, Z)
Details: Palestinian emerging artists whose work revolve around the subject of Palestine are invited to submit their work along with a brief description and a short bio. All mediums are welcome. Send you applications to applyexhibition@gmail.com
Villa Waldberta and Rosa Stern Space Residency
Deadline: 31/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Villa Waldberta
Details: Within the framework of the residency programme, the guest artist receives a stipend of € 1200 per month from the City of Munich. The accommodation with own kitchen and bathroom is rent-free, the costs for travel expenses (economy class) up to an amount of € 350,- within Europe and up to € 800,- if travelling from outside Europe will be reimbursed, as well as the monthly tickets for the public transport in Munich.
Open Call For A New Magazine
Deadline: 31/7/2023
Type: Publishing
Location: Germany
Duration: —
Apply: SAVVY Contemporary
Details: SAVVY Contemporary asks that contributors limit their submissions to 5.000 words and send them in docx format to burning@savvy-contemporary.com. You are invited to submit in whichever language or genre you consider yourself most fluent. Illustrations or comics are also welcome if they fit the thematic focus. Contributions which are approved for publishing will be renumerated.
Daret: Artistic Research Residency
Deadline: 31/7/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Daret
Details: Daret hosts in residence in an apartment and workshop in Casablanca two Moroccan artists from Morocco for one year, from January 2024 to January 2025. Art disciplines: Visual arts, digital arts, performing arts, sound arts, photography, drawing, painting, multidisciplinary approach. Graduated for at least 3 years.
Klingental Call for Exhibitions 2024/2025
Deadline: 31/7/2023
Type: Call for Proposals
Location: Switzerland
Duration: —
Apply: Ausstellungsraum Klingental
Details: Open for artists, curators, collectives, Ausstellungsraum Klingental seeks projects that establish a relevant connection to local art-making, whether through the focus of the participants‘ lives, the subject matter, or through an outside perspective on the region. Formats and concepts with different durations such as longer exhibitions, events, series and festivals are conceivable. The space offers the selected projects the financing of the space, the insurance, the public relations, the opening and the supervision. It can contribute to the project expenses to a limited extent.
June
Lake Balaton Art Residency
Deadline: 2/6/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Hungary
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Lake Balaton Residency
Details: Theme 1: Political correctness Everyone against everyone. Everything against/for everything. Together with each other, against each other, for each other. Theme 2: Joy and Enjoyment Personal joy and enjoyment. Personal gain at everyone’s expense / Everyone’s gain at your own expense. Travel costs reimbursement up until a maximum of 300 Euros Accomodation, Two hot meals a day (lunch, dinner) during the art residency. Full cost of materials based on the application project submitted and accepted by the applicant.
The Hayy Jameel Facade Commission
Deadline: 3/6/2023
Type: Facade Commission
Location: Saudi Arabia
Amount: —
Apply: Art Jameel
Details: Art Jameel invites upcoming and established artists from or resident in the Kingdom to submit proposals that re-imagine Hayy Jameel’s facade as the first point in a conversation between the complex, the community it serves, and the broader public. Located on the front of the Hayy Jameel building, the Facade Commission has a prominent presence, visible to visitors as they enter as well as capturing the attention of pedestrians and drivers passing by. The awarded artist(s) will receive an artist’s fee and a production budget will be attached to the project (co- or wholly managed by Art Jameel, according to the nature of the selected project and artist’s practice/working method). Open to all Saudi and Saudi-based artists and collectives.
Open Call: Vantage Point Sharjah 11
Deadline: 10/6/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: UAE
Duration: 5 months
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: The 11th edition of VPS will include a new and expansive vision. VPS11 will identify five talented emerging artists from, or based in, Africa and Asia who use photography as a central medium in their practice, exhibit their work and mentor them.
Self Organizations
Deadline: 15/6/2023
Type: Program
Location: Belgium
Amount: $2000 - $6000
Apply: Mophradat
Details: A program that aims to provoke inventive ways of working together and collaborating. The program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners take the initiative and join forces to define a mutual resource or interest that’s important for their work, and propose how to share or develop it.
Sakakini Events: Summer Season Deadline: 15/6/2023
Type: Program
Location: Palestine
Amount: 300
Apply: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Details: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center invites artists, artistic groups and collectives, writers, academics, and cultural practitioners from various artistic fields to submit their applications to organize their artistic performances at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center as part of the ""In/Out Reach"" program at the center. The ""In/Out Reach"" program aims to provide the center’s well-equipped spaces, the expertise of its staff, and its community network, to support arts, culture, and community events organized by individuals and groups with personal initiatives.
Rupert Residency Program
Deadline: 15/6/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Lithuania
Duration: 1 - 3 months
Apply: Rupert
Details: Rupert is inviting applications for residencies, calling local and international cultural practitioners and thinkers willing to live and work in Vilnius from 1 to 3 months in 2024. All the residencies are FREE this application round. Each resident is provided with a studio spaceto be used as a space for production, research and living during the residency. Applicants are responsible for covering personal (daily and travel) expenses. Rupert’s team will issue acceptance letters for successful applicants and support their applications for external grants to cover travel, food, production, and other costs. There is a €15 application fee.
ANNA AWARD Deadline: 16/6/2023
Type: Award
Location: South Africa
Amount: R100,000
Apply: ANNA and Latitudes
Details: The aim of the award is to discover, recognise and nurture a new generation of women-identifying artists from the African continent and the diaspora. For both ANNA and Latitudes, it is crucial that the ANNA Award is as inclusive as possible. As such, no formal art training is required in order to apply, there are no age restrictions for applicants, and the competition is open to women-identifying artists working in any medium.
DERDEK Deadline: 18/6/2023
Type: Training
Location: Morocco
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Irtijal
Details: Derdek is Irtijal's big new project! Training, laboratory, creation and dissemination are the main themes of this platform dedicated to performance art.
Ten Moroccan artists will be brought together for a month of intensive training by three international lecturers. The training will take place in Rabat in September 2023.
Youmein Festival Deadline: 19/6/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Morocco
Duration: 2 days
Apply: Youmein Festival
Details: The Youmein Festival brings together a group of artists over the course of two days to develop diverse, new work centered on a common theme, and invites collaboration across artistic disciplines. This event provides an outlet for artists to develop and exhibit their craft. Beginning with a series of public events, alongside panel discussions and other activities at different locations around Tangier, and culminating with a presentation of 8 wholly original pieces created over the course of a 48-hour period, the festival/residency proposes an alternative platform to the Tangier cultural public scene.
Artists Connecting In Transition
Belonging
Deadline: 19/6/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Virtual
Duration: 3.5 months
Apply: Fanak Fund
Details: This is an open call for 8 multidisciplinary artists with lived experience of forced migration, exile, or displacement based anywhere in the world who are interested in taking part in a virtual exhibition as part of Artists Connecting in Transition (ACT) by Fanak fund - D6: Culture in Transit - arthereistanbul - MedeArts.
RAW Académie: Session 10
Deadline: 25/6/2023
Type: Program
Location: Cameroon
Duration: 5 weeks
Apply: RAW Material Company
Details: This year again, the Académie, directed by doual’art, will exceptionally happen outside of the walls, in Douala - Cameroon. Princess Marilyn Douala Manga Bell, assisted by the following faculty members will address the question of art in public spaces through LANDMARKS: researcher and art critic Iolanda Pensa, curators Elvira Dyangani Ose & Jay Pather, cultural producer Teesa Bahana, architect Jean Charles Tall, as well as the Think Tanger Cultural platform.
Masaha Residency: Conceptualize the Future Through Tradition
Deadline: 30/6/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Misk Art Institute
Details: This cycle of Masaha Residency invites artists to interpret the future of tradition through visual art, conceptualizing imagined futures of the Kingdom, the region, and the world. The Masaha Residency is open to Ten full-time emerging Saudi and international visual artists. The Three-Month Residency Program Offers: Visas to Saudi Arabia, roundtrip flight, accommodation, transportation, and breakfast and dinner at accommodation site. Generous research and production budget and a private studio space in addition to mentorship, mastercalsses, and final exhibition.
The Resistance of NothingnessDeadline: 30/6/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Austria
Amount: EUR 2,500 - 3,500
Apply: Tiroler Künstler:innenschaft
Details: The Tiroler Künstler:innenschaft is devoting itself to this form of feminist refusal as a withdrawal from unjust patriarchal and neoliberal systems, a central theme of political philosophy. In this context, it is providing space, time and resources for exhibition projects and artistic interventions that take up new narratives for our complex contemporary present, thoughts and conversations. Our curators and production team will help with the implementation of projects. This includes the production of printing materials, PR, exhibition booklets, texts, etc. The budget per submitted project amounts to a maximum of EUR 3,500 for the Kunstpavillon and EUR 2,500 for the Neue Galerie Innsbruck.
ASF'ART, the artistic and cultural mobility fund Deadline: Ongoing
Type: Travel Grant
Location: Morocco
Amount: —
Apply: Fondation Hiba
Details: ASF'ART, the artistic and cultural mobility fund in Morocco is a national mobility fund whose main objective is to promote mobility for young artists and students in the art sectors in order to enable them to participate in artistic events (festivals, residences, exhibitions, markets etc.) and to discover spaces, cultural places and cultural and artistic events. The main target of the fund is young artists aged 18 to 30, from all disciplines, as well as students in the field of culture and the arts. By completing this form, you are applying for a fund that will cover accommodation, transport costs and meals, and this only during the period of the event or mission.
May
Hotel Maria Kapel
Deadline: 1/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hotel Maria Kapel
Details: Hotel Maria Kapel (HMK) is an artist-in-residence, exhibition space and cinema for contemporary visual art in the city centre of Hoorn. They are offering two types of residencies: four residencies of six-week duration and one year-long residency without accommodation that unfolds outside of HMK, in the locality of Hoorn or the area of West-Friesland. Residents are offered accommodation, working facilities, curatorial support, promotional activity in relation to the residency, small production budget, reimbursement of travel costs.
Becas de Arte Fundación Botín
Deadline: 5/5/2023
Type: Scholarship
Location: Spain
Duration: 9 months
Apply: The Botín Foundation
Details: 6 Art Scholarships for training, research and realization of personal projects in the field of artistic creation (not theoretical works) to artists of any nationality under the age of 30. The amount of each of the scholarships is 23,000 euros (includes travel, accommodation,
maintenance, studio rental). The application form must be filled in through the web and the rest of the documentation must be sent on paper. The mandatory form must be completed on the web to which be able to associate the documentation.
WARAQ: Open Call 2023Deadline: 6/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Lebanon and online
Duration: 6 months
Apply: WARAQ
Details: Calling artists, writers and designers to submit their work. Within a six-month period, selected participants will be working in collaboration with Waraq and Studio Kawakeb to develop and produce their works, accompanying your project to reach the finished printed matter. The outputs will be disseminated through Waraq’s social media channels and published during the next edition of Tabaan launching in December 2023. For artists residing in Lebanon, a short residency at Beit Waraq will take place during those six months.
Sawiris Arts & Culture ScholarshipDeadline: 7/5/2023
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Sawiris Foundation
Details: Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship is a fully-funded program to study for bachelor's and master's degrees as well as to attend residency or apprenticeship programs at the world's most prestigious universities. The scholarship covers the fields of Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film and Music studies, as listed in the design.
Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency
Deadline: 7/5/2023 at 12 PM (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Singapore
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Details: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay invites artists, curators, programmers, writers, researchers and practitioners across all disciplines in the performing arts to apply for the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency, taking place in Singapore between April and June 2024. The residency welcomes various manners and methodologies of enquiry, embracing a pluralistic approach towards research that unfolds not only through the written word, but also includes forms of experimentation with the body, performed moments, and other non-traditional systems of knowledge. The residency is a duration of between one month to three months long and residents will receive a stipend, access to a shared-working space, studios when required, as well as accommodation and international travel to or from Singapore, if from abroad.
Collide
Deadline: 8/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Geneva and Copenhagen
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Arts At Cern
Details: Artists from any country in the world working in any discipline are invited to submit their proposals for a fully-funded residency. The selected artist or artistic collective will devote this period to artistic research and artistic exploration, working side-by-side with physicists, engineers, and laboratory staff, followed by a phase of production of new artwork, supported by the curatorial teams of Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary teams. A production stipend of CHF 15,000, all expenses covered during the residencies, and participation in an exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary in 2025.
Undercurrents Open Call: 4th Cycle
Deadline: 8/5/2023
Type:
Location: Morocco
Duration: 8 days
Apply: Fondation Dar Bellarj
Details: Call for participation open to any person, collective or organization based in Morocco, interested and engaged in a theoretical or practical way in processes of creation, transmission, mediation, reflection and preservation around archives and memory in Morocco, especially those that are community-based, regional, rural or urban. The 4 selected individuals, collectives, associations will be able to be part of the cycle of trainings and work sessions implemented by Undercurrents. Each participant is receiving 250 euro fee, accommodation, per diem, round trip tickets.
Open Call: Triangle-AstéridesDeadline: 9/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 10 weeks
Apply: Triangle-Astérides
Details: The program offers: private studio, residency fees of 700 euros per month, and curatorial support. It is possible to apply as a duo or to come with a partner and/or child(ren). It does not cover the outbound trip to Marseilles. Prior to the residency, Triangle - Astérides undertakes to communicate all the documents of invitations and letters of support necessary for the search for additional funds. Administrative, logistical and curatorial assistance. Workshop visits with professionals are organized throughout the duration of the residency.
Spazju Kreattiv Artist Residency programme
Deadline: 7/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Malta
Duration: 3-4 weeks
Apply: National Centre for Creativity
Details: Immersive and community-based artist-in-residence program in 2024 and 2025, organized by Spazju Kreattiv, Malta's National Centre for Creativity, in collaboration with the Valletta Design Cluster and the Ministry for Gozo. The duration of each residency may vary from three to four weeks for projects taking place between January 2024 and July 2025. This opportunity is open to internationally-based artists and creatives. s a selected applicant, you will receive complimentary accommodation, airport transfers, daily sustenance, project allowance, professional assistance, and online promotion for your residency project.
JIDAR 2023
Deadline: 10/5/2023
Type: Street Art Festival
Location: Morocco
Duration: 6 days
Apply: JIDAR festival
Details: JIDAR festival offers street artists and students from Morocco meeting and learn together about muralism, under the guidance of an experienced artist to create a collective fresco.
Artist-in-Residence - IBARAKI
Deadline: 12/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Japan
Duration: 3 months
Apply: ARCUS project
Details: The residency at ARCUS particularly emphasizes research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios. It welcomes ideas for artworks and projects that develop out of encounters with people, the land, and culture and aspires to form critical spaces that are open and international. Studio, accommodation, round-trip airfare, living and research expenses, as well as support from a director and coordinators, etc are covered by the residency.
She in Arts - هي و الفنون
Deadline: 13/5/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Amount: —
Apply: She Arts and B’sarya for Arts
Details: Open call for photo submissions for “She in Arts” photography exhibition that will be held in Alexandria and Cairo, which aims to celebrate the contributions of women artists and highlight the importance of their work by documenting their creative process. We hope to provide insight into the challenges and triumphs faced by women in the arts. The selected photographs will be printed and displayed in the exhibition at B'sarya for Arts, and in Cairo in the framework of She Arts festival.
Future Generation Art Prize
Deadline: 14/5/2023 (extended)
Type: Award
Location: Ukraine
Amount: $100,000
Apply: PinchukArtCentre
Details: US$100,000 award open to all artists around the world aged 35 or younger.
POOL 23
Deadline: 31/5/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: —
Apply: Pool
Details: POOL 23 will present a selection of fascinating international dance film productions, making the event a meeting place for creative minds involved in the fields of dance, film, fashion and art. Artists from all countries are invited to apply with dance films and dance animations that are not longer than 30 minutes and not merely a documentation of a dance piece. Longer films may be considered for a special screening. Selected artists will be awarded the PEARLS ARTIST PRIZE that honours their continuous and unique work in the field of dance film. The available fee (6000 €) will b
Villa Lena
Deadline: 31/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 4 or 5 weeks
Apply: Villa Lena Foundation
Details: 21 euros application fee. The Villa Lena Foundation operates a residency programme that runs from April to October each year in Tuscany, Italy. The Foundation offers artists 4 or 5-week residencies with onsite accommodation, st
Villa Sonnenberg AIR
Deadline: 31/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Villa Sonnenberg
Details: The purpose of the «Villa Sonnenberg Foundation» is to preserve the historic Sonnenberg building monument and make it accessible to the public. The promotion of international art and cultural exchange and the public presentation of the results are important concerns of the foundation. The artist-in-residence programme pays the rent for the studio. The Foundation pays a contribution towards daily meals of CHF 25 per day (CHF 750 per month).
Misk Art Residency
Deadline: 31/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: South Korea
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Misk Art Institute
Details: Misk Art Institute has partnered with the Art Center Nabi to offer two Saudi artists an exciting ten-week opportunity in Digital and New Media Art in Seoul, South Korea. The Nabi Artist Residency program is the platform that communicates and experiments at the intersection of art and technology with talented artists based on diverse cultural background. Roundtrip flight to Seoul, South Korea, visas, and accommodation (as set by residency partner)/ Workspace studio/ Expert mentorship and masterclasses/ lectures/ workshops/ Networking opportunities/ Per diem.
Nabi Artist Residency programme
Deadline: 31/5/2023
Type: Residency
Location: South Korea
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Art Center Nabi
Details: Art Center Nabi is pleased to resume the annual Nabi Artist Residency program dedicated to fostering innovation and creativity at the intersection of art, technology and society. Nabi Artist Residency is a platform that supports artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to explore their ideas and connect with fellow practitioners at the heart of Seoul. Roundtrip flight to Seoul, South Korea, accommodation/ lectures/ Networking opportunities/ Per diem.
April
Ithra Art Prize - 2023
Deadline: 1/4/2023
Type: Award
Location: Saudi Arabia
Amount: $100,000
Apply: Ithra
Details: Submissions will be evaluated by a renowned jury of international and regional experts from the contemporary art scene. The winning artwork will receive $100,000 and be unveiled at Ithra’s 5th year anniversary grand event. The proposed work should not exceed $100,000 including production, artist fess, shipping, insurance and project managment.
LA NUEVA FÁBRICA 2023 RESIDENCY OPEN CALL
Deadline: 1/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Guatemala
Duration: 4 - 8 weeks
Apply: La Nueva Fábrica
Details: A stipend of USD 2,000, Housing, A private studio, Logistical support for production. Residencies are granted to one artist at a time, with the exception of artist duos, who are welcome to submit a single application. Artists with children are welcome to apply. Please note that airfare to and from Guatemala is not included and is the responsibility of the resident. Applicants 18 years and older of any nationality are eligible to apply.
DIALOG CITY
Deadline: 3/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Fondazione Cirko Vertigo
Details: Free accommodation in a single room with private bathroom. Artist fee €3,500 including preparation of the residency and presentation of the result during the HYBRID FESTIVAL in Mondoví. Material costs up to €2,000 per proposal, travel costs will be covered up to the amount of €1,300, including return ticket from the origin and local transport Turin to Mondoví. We strongly encourage applicants with interdisciplinary and participatory / socially engaged art practices. Artists of all nationalities can apply, but they must reside in the European Union or in one of the accession countries.
AFAC: Visual Arts Grant
Deadline: 4/4/2023 5:00 pm (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $20,000 - $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The Visual Arts grant supports painting, sculpting, photography, installations, audio-video arts, publications (artist book or other publications) and multi-media works of a contemporary and innovative nature. The grant can support exhibitions, visual arts book publications as well as art production. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
Deadline: 4/4/2023 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Performing Arts grant is open to classical, folk, and experimental theatre for all age groups including children and youth; dance performances, including but not restricted to contemporary dance; public intervention performances, street art, live art, interactive and site-specific format, documentary theatre, and festivals. It also supports playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography workshops. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Creative and Critical Writings
Deadline: 4/4/2023 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Creative and Critical Writings grant provides support to critical writings on the arts and culture, theatrical writings, children and youth literature (including both the adaptation of classical Arabic and international literature as well as original stories), graphic novel, short story, poetry, in addition to online publishing platform. The final product should be in Arabic language. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Documentary Program
Deadline: 4/4/2023 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The AFAC Documentary Program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. The program welcomes submissions of short and medium-length documentary in production and post-production, and feature documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases. The program provides grants up to $10,000 for Development grants, up to $50,000 for Production and $25,000 for Post-production grants.
Nomadic Curatorial Residency
Deadline: 5/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 45 days
Apply: Arts en Résidence
Details:
A total allowance of €3000, including VAT,
corresponding to €1000 in fees per residency period, paid by the host structures;
Travel expenses up to a maximum of €1,500.
Residency at the Atelier Calder
Deadline: 9/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Atelier Calder
Details:
The Atelier Calder offers three residencies per year for a period of three months each to support artists working in the visual arts (installation, sculpture, etc.). Each resident receives a stipend of 5,000 € paid directly to them, as well as 6,000 € in production funding managed by Atelier Calder.
In Progress: Artist workshop with Lydia Ourahmane
Deadline: 9/4/2023
Type: Workshop
Location: Tunisia
Duration: 2 days
Apply: B7L9 - Art Station
Details:
This is an opportunity to share your work, discuss artistic practice, and explore your process in an intimate setting. Places are limited to a maximum of 12. The workshop will be held primarily in English. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged to apply, particularly those who work with video, film, sound, and research. To apply, send a portfolio or examples of your work, artist bio, and a brief letter of motivation.
UNIDEE Residency: Neither On Land Nor At Sea
Deadline: 12/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: UNIDEE
Details:
Neither on Land nor at Sea invites to meander around unreducible complications and on shifting grounds, to explore together ways in which geography is historically, socially, and politically produced.The UNIDEE modules are programme-based week-long residency formats. Participating residents will be offered the opportunity to expand on their ongoing research and practice exploring Mediterranean complexities and geographical thinking in the arts and beyond, within a group of peers and invited guests.
Individual and Collaborative Fellowships
Deadline: 15/4/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Schloss Wiepersdorf
Details:
Applicants must have completed an artistic or academic course of study, be working on a doctorate, or have distinguished themselves through publications or long-standing professional artistic or academic work, and can provide samples of their work to substantiate this. In addition to room and board at Schloss Wiepersdorf, all fellows also receive a monthly cash stipend of €1200 and a one-time grant of €480 to cover material expenses. (If the stay is shortened, the material cost grant is reduced by €160 per month.)
Al Shindagha Public Art Commission
Deadline: 16/4/2023
Type: Commission
Location: UAE
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Alserkal Arts Foundation
Details:
Artists, designers, architects and community-based practitioners and collectives are invited to propose a socially engaged, site-specific public art commission.(Only for UAE Artists professionals). The appointed artist will be rewarded a fee of 35,000 AED which will include the initial proposal, a detailed final proposal; project delivery through developing, leading and participating in the programming; and final artwork design and production up to the public inauguration of the project. The two additional finalists will receive a fee of 5000 AED for the development of their draft proposals.
Open call: Curator in Residence 2023
Deadline: 17/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Amount: 3 - 4 Weeks
Apply: das weisse haus
Details:
Studio das weisse haus is announcing a three to four weeks residency for one international curator with a focus on photography. The residency includes a grant of 800 euros; a travel voucher of up to 200 euros for travelling green within a radius of 1,000 kilometers; a living voucher of 500 euros; a working space free of charge; the organization of a presentation as well as two open studios with the studio artists during the festival FOTO WIEN. Therefore, a production budget of up to 500 euros is available.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/BerlinDeadline: 22/4/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Paris/Berlin
Duration: —
Apply: Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Details:
Any individual or organization can submit one or several works. The call for entries is open to film, video and multimedia submissions, regardless of geographical origin. There is no restriction for length nor genre. Submitted works must be produced in 2021, 2022 or 2023 , and must not yet have been publicly shown in Paris and Île-de-France Region.
SFP6 Short Film Production GrantDeadline: 23/4/2023
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: $30,000 (in total)
Apply: Sharjah Foundation
Details:
Sharjah Art Foundation invites local and international filmmakers to apply for the sixth edition of the Sharjah Film Platform (SFP) Short Film Production Grant. The recipients will share a total of 30,000 USD; the monetary amount and the number of awardees will be determined on an as-needed basis.
Between Bridges Residency 2023Deadline: 26/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Between Bridges Foundation
Details: The residency is suitable for professional individual visual artists, artist duos or small groups working collaboratively. The residency will take place from July to December 2023 and will be divided into a five month working phase and a one month exhibition or public presentation. The residency includes a monthly stipend of 1000 EUR. It also offers the opportunity for studio visits with arts professionals from the network of Between Bridges. For the exhibition, a production budget will be granted. The exhibition will be promoted via Between Bridges’ distribution channels and documented on our website.
Open call: Mentorship
Deadline: 27/4/2023
Type: Mentorship
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Centre photographie Genève
Details: The Centre de la photographie Genève is launching in 2023 a new mentoring programme for artists and photographers in 2023, aiming to support them in the development of a project.The format is based on a 1:1 mentorship where an artist supports another artist in the development and realisation of an ongoing project. The mentorship takes the form of four meetings, either in person or online, over a period of six months, from May to October 2023. Each of the eight mentors will choose a project they wish to support from the pool of applications, based on the artist’s expectations and the support they feel they can provide to the artist. Those selected for mentoring will receive a sum of CHF 500 at the end of the programme to support the development of their project.
Mentorship Award Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change Deadline: 30/4/2023
Type: Award
Location: Online
Duration: 1 Year
Apply: The Prince Claus Fund
Details:
Cultural & Artistic Responses to Environmental Change is a programme aimed at accelerating engaged community-based cultural practices at the intersection of arts and the environment. The mentorship brings together 12 emerging artists and cultural practitioners with 4 mentors. Most of the activities are online as the participants are coming from different locales, but twice we come together in person for the two Lab Weeks (week-long mentoring intensives). Additionally, there is a collective project in the form of a publication that we will co-create. Each artist receives an award of €10,000 towards realizing a body of work.
Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency
Deadline: 7/5/2023 at 12 PM (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Singapore
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Details: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay invites artists, curators, programmers, writers, researchers and practitioners across all disciplines in the performing arts to apply for the Contemporary Performing Arts Research Residency, taking place in Singapore between April and June 2024. The residency welcomes various manners and methodologies of enquiry, embracing a pluralistic approach towards research that unfolds not only through the written word, but also includes forms of experimentation with the body, performed moments, and other non-traditional systems of knowledge. The residency is a duration of between one month to three months long and residents will receive a stipend, access to a shared-working space, studios when required, as well as accommodation and international travel to or from Singapore, if from abroad.
Expanded Cinematic Arts Residency
Deadline: 30/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: CRATER-Lab
Details: These residencies are intended for artists whose work is focused on cinematic art practices such as live performance, installation, sculptures mainly worked with film / photochemical and/or in dialogue with other formats or disciplines particularly interested on the Screen and the Object of screening as a main subject. There will be specially welcomed proposals that suggest dialogues and relations with new media and other technologies. The residency program covers fees and access to Crater-Lab/Hangar facilities and equipment. In the case of artists who do not reside in Catalonia, the grant also covers round trip travel and accommodation expenses. The participants will receive an honorarium of 1000 euros for the development of the proposal.
DOGO CALL: BODY
Deadline: 30/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 4 months
Apply: DOGO
Details: The focus of Dogo 2024 seasons is the body: from gender identities, forms of self-representation, ideals of beauty, stigmatisation, traumas and dissolution of boundaries, to biohacking and cyborgisation. Room in the Dogo apartment/ Workplace in the shared Dogo studio / Use of tools and technical equipment / Work documentation/ Networking with the community and local cultural workers.
Art in Lov Residence
Deadline: 30/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Finland
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Art in Lov
Details: The distinctive thing about the residency is our focus on collaboration with local partners, opportunity for participation, local activities and art in public spaces. We want all residence artists to have a local collaborator, which can be a professional culture practitioner or an institution or an association. We expect that the residence artists are active locally: every visiting artist must participate in at least one event where the public has an opportunity to meet the artist, and the results of the residency should be shown in Loviisa. No charge rent for the housing and the artists will be paid an honorarium as well as funding for travel and material costs.
Residency at Gastatelier Gleis 70
Deadline: 30/4/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Artlink
Details: Gleis 70 is located in the industrial area of Zurich Altstetten in a former factory building. Artists, musicians, designers, writers, graphic designers, dancers,and filmmakers. The grant covers per diems and travel expenses inside of Switzerland. Accommodation is included. The studio is not intended for musicians, performing artists, or sculptors, but other visual artists, designers, writers or curators are very welcome. It is open for artists who have fled to Switzerland.
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De Ateliers
Deadline: 1/3/2023
Type: Program
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 20 months
Apply: De Ateliers
Details: De Ateliers is an artists’ institute open to artists at the beginning of their professional career. It offers a twenty-month studio and tutoring programme that is best tailored to the needs of highly motivated artists who wish to strengthen their artistic foundation, develop their ideas and deepen their practice in a focused, critical environment among peers from around the globe.
Pro Helvetia Residencies 2024
Deadline: 1/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: The aim of the residencies is to gain inspiration, to explore new collaborations and to develop projects in connection with the country of choice, as well as to establish new networks. Pro Helvetia offers accommodation, travel costs, a daily allowance, a local coach to facilitate connection with the local scene, a workplace (on request) and a contribution to production/material costs (on request). Residencies can last up to 3 months.
APEXART OPEN CALL 2023-24
Deadline: 1/3/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: USA
Duration: 2023/2024
Apply: Apex Art
Details: apexart's Open Calls are opportunities for artists, curators, and other professionals to turn their curatorial idea into an apexart exhibition. Winning proposals become part of apexart’s next exhibition season and receive funding and staff support. apexart is not a granting organization-all exhibitions are part of apexart’s programming. The 4 winning proposals will each receive an exhibition budget of up to $11,000; have an exhibition brochure printed.
ATELIER No. 68
Deadline: 1/3/2023
TExhibition
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 day
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: PACT is seeking artistic proposals that deal with speculative and open processes, shaping spaces for participation, inclusion, imagination and the generation of new ideas. The following support is available to all Atelier participants (subject to prior agreement): Expense allowance; Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from PACT Zollverein*; Local accommodation; Transport costs one journey to/from PACT Zollverein; Technical equipment; Presentation of own work (max. 15 min. duration for stage works).
The School for Dissident Friendship
Deadline: 1/3/2023
Type: Program
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Berliner Festspiele/Ashkal Alwan
Details: 18 Berlin-based artists and cultural workers will be selected after the open call by a jury appointed by the Berliner Festspiele; Ashkal Alwan's team will select six artists and cultural workers living in Lebanon and other Arabic-speaking countries. All early-career artists and cultural workers currently living in Berlin are eligible to apply, regardless of age and nationality. Applicants should be able to commit to the programme’s intensive three-week schedule. The programme will be carried out primarily in English.
MMAG Residency Program
Deadline: 2/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan
Duration: 7 months
Apply: MMAG Foundation
Details: MMAG offers its residents time to focus on artistic research and development - either to inspire a new body of work or to expand on an existing project. The program provides residents with a communal setting, a private studio and living quarters (if needed) with shared facilities, and some access to tools and supplies. Applicants from abroad need to secure their own travel, lodging and per diem funding, and the foundation can provide them with letters of support for their grant applications.
Residency Program: Salwa’s Internet Café 2023
Deadline: 5/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 3 months
Apply: SALWA Foundation
Details: Through our Open Call, creatives are invited to explore the following question: "How did early internet infrastructures shape the experience of migrant communities?". We will research how this experience shaped the visual language of creatives from the Global South, Eastern Europe or the Balkan Regions. Four migrant participants living in the Netherlands will be accepted for a three-month residency. SALWA’s support: Artist fee: €1500, production budget up to €1000, travel budget, warm meal during each meeting, access to SALWA’s studio space, connecting you to our partners.
Artists in Residencia
Deadline: 9/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Galleria Continua/Belmond Hotel
Details: La Residencia invites emerging artists from all over the world to apply for one of our three unique Artists in Residencia creative programmes. The three successful creatives will be chosen by a selected committee of experts to create artwork that will be exhibited throughout our intimate mountainside enclave in Mallorca. All two-month residency programmes include a room and studio at La Residencia, a monthly living grant and production funding.
Exile Retreat: A Politics of Anti-concentrationismDeadline: 15/3/2023
Type: Retreat
Location: France
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Gelare Khoshgozaran’s project
Details: This is an international call for participation, open to any individual over 25 years, of any gender or background, who is experiencing exile. The retreat is a preliminary attempt in creating space for the convening of exile persons across borders, languages and histories with a shared interest in antifascism. All participants will receive a small honorarium for their participation in the online sessions, which will be held in English. Travel, accommodation, food and transportation will be provided for the in-person convening. Although the convening is open to all applicants, due to budgetary limitations, travel support may only be provided for within Europe.
CPR’s Research Program for Curators
Deadline: 15/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Finland, Norway and Sweden
Duration: 3 - 4 weeks
Apply: CPR
Details: For curators, fully funded, our annual nomadic residency provides an intensive immersion in a regional art scene. Organized by local hosts, it feature visits to several cities in a region, providing an insight into their unique art, history and culture. CPR selects 6-8 participating curators-in-residence per program. Merging academia with onsite research, it includes readings and classes about local history, arts and culture, as well as visits to artist studios, local art institutions, and cultural endeavors. CPR provides round-trip airfares, accommodation and local transport. Application fees 75$.
Residency for a visual artist at Cove Park
Deadline: 15/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Scotland
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Mophradat
Details: For a visual artist from the Arab world to spend focused time working on a project or researching new ideas. The invited resident will be housed in a private, fully equipped, and self-contained accommodation unit on Cove Park’s site, and will be offered workspace in an adjacent private studio. Mophradat will provide the selected resident with economy return airfares, local transport to the site, per diems for the duration of the residency, and will reimburse visa costs.
Mouhit: Artists in Residence
Deadline: 15/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Tunisia
Duration: 1 - 3 months
Apply: Mouhit Space
Details: Accommodation (a private bedroom, a shared bedroom for groups and equipped common spaces) access to work space and available equipment one-on-one bi-weekly support from mentors (artists, curators, writers etc. ) production support.
Sommerakademie Paul Klee
Deadline: 15/3/2023
Type: Program
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 16 months
Apply: Sommerakademie Paul Klee
Details: Up to eight residents are invited to join the Sommerakademie Paul Klee (SPK) programme, curated by cultural worker Andrea Thal, and beginning on 12 August 2023. Over the course of 2023 & 2024, the SPK features public lectures, closed-door seminars, and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and technical support at the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB) – but also teaching opportunities at the HKB.
Open Verification PhD Fellowship 2023
Deadline: 15/3/2023
Type: PhD
Location: UK
Duration: 3 years
Apply: Forensic Architecture
Details: FAOV’s funding covers full-time tuition fees as well as a monthly stipend for a period of three years, the standard length of the doctoral programme at Goldsmiths.
Onassis AiR Open Call 2023/24
Deadline: 20/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Greece
Duration: 1-3 months
Apply: Onassis Foundation
Details: OnassisAiR welcomes artists and practitioners from any medium of expression or discipline, from anywhere in the world, who are yearning for space, focused time, and stimulating conversations that can help to kick-off, further develop, or finalize a project. Stipend 1300 Euro, Production 500 Euro, Travel up to 100 euros. Accommodation is covered.
Documenta Fellowship
Deadline: 24/3/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Goethe Institute DE
Details: We provide a €2,000 monthly stipend for six months of research into the documenta in Kassel, as well as assistance in applying for a visa, finding housing, dealing with German bureaucracy/paperwork, and researching the documenta archives.
ArtEvolution
Deadline: 26/3/2023 (extended)
Type: Production
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 5 months
Apply: Goethe Institute LB
Details: The program consists of two short-term production residencies (May & September), a production fund of up to 8.000 € per project, a five-month time frame, in which participants work on their project, get supported by a mentor through monthly meetings, and a program of five monthly workshops.
The 421 Artistic Development Program
Deadline: 26/3/2023
Type: Program
Location: UAE
Amount: AED10,000
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: The program supports early to mid-career artists based in the UAE to develop and produce a major body of work that will be presented in a solo exhibition at the end of the program. The program emphasizes the professional and creative development of participating artists and awards them a AED10,000 participation grant and financial and logistical production support, as well as guidance from experienced art educators, interlocutors, and curators.
Fellowship for Producers and/or Curators
Deadline: 26/3/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Haven for Artists
Details: We are looking for a knowledgeable and innovative person to work with the Creative Director and production team as they design and produce a number of small-scale events and activities ranging from workshops and panels to screenings and small-scale performances. Compensation of €500 per month will be paid directly to the Fellow by Mophradat. The Fellow must be living in Lebanon and from the SWANA region, must know English and Arabic - written and spoken.
The 421 Internship and Mentorship Program
Deadline: 29/3/2023
Type: Internship
Location: UAE
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: The 421 Internship and Mentorship Program offers early career development support and professional preparation opportunities for emerging-creative professionals from diverse backgrounds. The program supports young practitioners through hands-on experience and training that paves the way for future career opportunities. This is a paid opportunity.
LIVE WORKS – Free School of Performance
Deadline: 30/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 15 days
Apply: Centrale Fies
Details: LIVE WORKS sees performance as a work space, and as an instrument and cultural exercise. Starting from the notion of performance in the visual art practice, the project is unique in its particular attention to hybrid research, underlining the openness and fluidity of performance, its social and political implications and its level of public understandability. An annual fellowship of €3,000, covers the travel costs to reach Centrale Fies, food and accommodation.
Open call: Artworks for ZINE
Deadline: 31/3/2023
Type: Publishing
Location: Portugal
Duration: —
Apply: maisuno+1 collective
Details: - Selected projects and artworks will be featured in an online and printed publication curated by maisuno+1 collective,
- A zine in the topic of cultural mapping and map as a social construct
Open call: Jokkmokk
Deadline: 31/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Swedish Lapland AiR
Details: - Tax-free scholarship of SEK 15,000
- Study visits/ activities/ materials/ travel costs up to SEK 15,000
- Accommodation
- Private workspace
Kone Foundation’s Saari Residence
Deadline: 31/3/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Finland
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Saari Residence
Details: At the Saari Residence, you can immerse yourself in your artistic work, develop potential new directions, and engage in fruitful interaction with the other residents. Accommodation, travel and stipend are covered. An individual residency spanning two months includes your own apartment, a workroom and a monthly grant, the amount of which is determined according to the applicant’s experience (€2,500 / €3,000 / €3,600 per month).
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SAC International Curatorial Residency Program 2023
Deadline: 1/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Sant Andreu Contemporani
Details: The purpose is to offer the curator personal knowledge of the art context through involvement in the jury of the Miquel Casablancas Prize, and to foster, in the context of young art talent, future collaborations between local and foreign cultural actors. The residency covers the expenses of jurying the prize and for the curatorial proposal (1,700 € subject to applicable taxes), for the production of the exhibition (2,000 € subject to applicable taxes), accommodation and travel.
New Curators 2023
Deadline: 5/2/2023
Type: Program
Location: UK
Duration: 1 year
Apply: South London Gallery
Details: New Curators is a paid twelve-month curatorial training programme based in London for individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds. All participants will be paid a Real Living Wage- visa and the UK Immigration Health Surcharge. Travel is not supported.
Open Call: Undercurrents IIIDeadline: 5/2/2023
Type: Training
Location: Morocco
Duration: —
Apply: Undercurrents Alliance
Details: Call for participation open to any person, collective or organization based in Morocco. Program of reflection, discussions and alternative training designed within the framework of undercurrents project, carried by the alliance between Dar Bellarj Foundation, LE 18 (Marrakech) and MAHAL (Tangier)
De Appel Curatorial Programme 2023 Mentors
Deadline: 6/2/2023
Type: Visitng curator
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 11 months
Apply: De Appel
Details: De Appel Arts Centre is looking for two Curatorial Programme Mentors supported by Ammodo , for the upcoming Curatorial Programme. Each mentor will receive 5,000 Euro as fee and will be expected to have up to ten meetings and workshops with the CPs spread out over the course of eight months. A small budget will also be available for travel and fees for invited guests.
Artist in Residence: Örebro County 2023
Deadline: 6/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 4 - 5 weeks
Apply: Örebro County
Details: Invited artists are provided with a working stipend of 36,000 SEK (including fees and taxes), accommodation, travel expenses covered, and studio and workshop space depending on the needs of the artist and place of residence.
CAP Prize 2023
Deadline: 7/2/2023
Type: Prize
Location: Switzerland
Amount: —
Apply: CAP and Eiger Foundation
Details: Prepare your work that engages with the African continent or its diaspora now and win a series of large scale outdoor exhibitions around the globe. 25 artists will be shortlisted and five short listed artists awarded with the CAP Prize 2023. The winners will be announced at Photo Basel International Art Fair in June 2023.
Decolonial Berlin Residency 2023
Deadline: 7/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Amount: 3 months
Apply: Dekoloniale Berlin
Details: The residents are provided with travel costs, accommodation and a per diem in Berlin throughout the residency period, a production budget for the implementation of the project, and a fee. They will have full access to the Decoloniale project space, curatorial guidance, and production support depending on needs and availability.
Temporary Relocation to Germany
Deadline: 8/2/2023
Type: Scholarship
Location: Germany
Duration: Up to 12 months
Apply: Martin Ruth Initiative
Details: MRI funding in programme line 1 enables cultural organisations in Germany to temporarily host artists and cultural actors and to provide a free and safe space for them to continue their creative work. The funding includes a monthly scholarship.
Open Call: Cocoon Cultural CentreDeadline: 12/2/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Egypt
Duration: —
Apply: Cocoon Cultural Centre
Details: We are looking for new media and performing arts artists to submit proposals that engage with ecology, anthropology, and science in the enduring dialogue about the relationship between humanity and nature. Covers transportation up to 200 Euros, food supplies, accommodation, and technical assistance.
The School of Soil Futures
Deadline: 12/2/2023
Type: Program
Location: Online
Duration: 12 weeks
Apply: Struggles for Sovereignty
Details: The School of Soil Futures is an online initiative that brings together artists, ecological activists, community organisers, soil caretakers and others working on social and ecological justice from across the world. The School is open to 12 practitioners working on these same issues, to meet on Zoom; 6 online sessions (2.5 hrs each) every 2 weeks. Participation in the School is free of charge.
Villa Stäuli Residency
Deadline: 14/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Artlink
Details: Villa Sträuli has three bright, renovated, and autonomous studios. They are all provided with a living and working space, a small kitchen, a bedroom (double bed) plus shower/WC. The grant covers per diems and travel to/from the residency inside of Switzerland. Please note that basic knowledge of at least one of the following languages, English, or German, is mandatory for all applicants. Villa Sträuli’s residency program has a cross-disciplinary focus.
Open Call: Art Wing
Deadline: 15/2/2023
Type: Commission
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 months
Apply: ALDAU Development
Details: EGP 50,000 as an artist fee. A percentage of gift shop merchandise produced based on the finalist’s design. An annual complementary weekend at Steigenberger ALDAU Resort.
Biennale College Architettura
Deadline: 17/2/2023
Type: School
Location: Italy
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: La Biennale di Venezia
Details: A new educational experience that will operate through a series of experimental studios, seminars, lectures and public reviews, involving 50 participants in a workshop to be held in Venice. The open call is aimed at up to 50 participants who are graduate students, graduates under the age of 30, to early career academics and emerging practitioners under the age of 35. Participants will be hosted (room and board) for the duration of the College. Only individual participants can be hosted. No additional guests can be accommodated. La Biennale di Venezia will also take directly care of the participants round-trip travel in economy class.
The 5th Little Islands Festival
Deadline: 19/2/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Greece
Duration: 1 - 2 weeks
Apply: The Little Islands Festival
Details: We are looking for new media and performing arts artists to submit proposals that engage with ecology, anthropology, and science in the enduring dialogue about the relationship between humanity and nature. Covers transportation up to 200 Euros, food supplies, accommodation, and technical assistance.
Sound Art Residency
Deadline: 19/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 14 months
Apply: The musée du quai Branly
Details: The museum will pay the winning artist an endowment of €8,000 and will also finance the production of the sound work, which will be presented to the public and may become part of the museum's collections. The Sound Art Residency is open exclusively to artists who come from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.
International Summer Studio Aschersleben
Deadline: 20/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Stadt Aschersleben
Details: The International Summer Studio Aschersleben, organized by the city of Aschersleben, can be assigned to 4 artists and includes a studio and living space for each artist. The work and activities of the artists are accompanied by press and public relations work during this time. Studio and accommodation free of charge plus material cost allowance of 200 euros (one-off).
School of Commons Open Call 2023
Deadline: 21/2/2023
Type: Program
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 10 months
Apply: School of Commons
Details: School of Commons is looking for groups and individuals who would like to conduct their research and practice as a part of the SoC community and informal study programme. For funded projects, a stipend of 3,500 Swiss Francs. Note: part of this stipend must be reserved for travel costs for at least one trip to Switzerland over the course of the 10 months.
RESIDENCIES 2/2023
Deadline: 22/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 - 6 Weeks
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: PACT Zollverein is offering a residency programme for the development and realisation of projects and productions, open to professional artists working in the fields of dance, performance, media art and science. Residents are offered a studio space; Local accommodation (max. 4 people); weekly grant allowance; Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from; PACT Zollverein (max. 4 people).
Prince Claus Seed Awards 2023
Deadline: 23/2/2023
Type: Award
Location: Netherlands
Amount: €5,000
Apply: Prince Claus Fonds
Details: Prince Claus Seed Awards will support one hundred emerging artists whose innovative work addresses pressing social and/or political issues within their own context with 1-5 of professional experience. They will be awarded with €5000 to develop their artistic practice.
Hydromedia Residency I
Deadline: 24/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
Details: For each residency we will select four artists. Each of them will receive a fee of 2000€, a working budget of 2000€, as well as the coverage of their travels, accommodation and subsistence during the residency period.
Forecast Platform 8th Edition
Deadline: 26/2/2023
Type: Mentorship
Location: Germany
Duration: 9 months
Apply: Forecast Platform
Details: If a mentor selects your proposal and you participate as a nominee at the Forecast Forum in July 2023, you will receive a fee of 2,000 euros, which includes the production cost of your presentation. Travel and accommodation for participants at the Forecast Forum in Berlin is granted by Forecast/Skills. If your proposal is subsequently chosen as one of the six mentee projects to be showcased at the Forecast Festival in March 2024, you will receive an artist fee of 6,000 euros and a production budget for realizing your project, up to 8,000 euros.
RESEARCH HOSTING: PHD
Deadline: 27/2/2023
Type: Scholarship
Location: Denmark
Duration: —
Apply: Art Hub Copenhagen (AHC)
Details: Each year AHC selects a maximum of four applicants for practice-based PhD grants in visual art and two for practice-based PhD grants in curating. All candidates are selected by a jury consisting of two external members who change each year, as well as one member from AHC’s team.
Résidence Méditerranée
Deadline: 27/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 4 months
Apply: l’Institut français du Maroc
Details: This residency system aims to welcome emerging artists from all around the Mediterranean to Marseille to encourage their mobility. This residency at La Friche offers them a tailor-made framework for research and creation that allows them to develop their artistic practice and (re)discover the French artistic scene. Residents receive a stipend of 1140 €/month, a production grant: €1,500, accommodation, workspace, return plane ticket, and visa fees are provided.
Appel à Candidatures: Caravane Ouadane
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Caravane Tighmert
Details: The organisation will lodge and feed the artists in a traditional house and they will participate in household chores, but it will not pay the transport costs to Ouadane or the production of the works or give pocket money.
‘Passage’ Residencies 2023
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Passage AiR
Details: The arrangement and assumption of the costs for accommodation in the Dübener Heide for the duration of the stay, travel costs for arrival and departure up to a maximum of 500 EUR, one-time grant of 1,000 EUR, the costs of transportation during the residency up to a maximum of 150 EUR. For the female artist-parent, travel costs of the child and temporary childcare for the duration of the stay up to a maximum of 600 EUR.
OpenArt Biennale 2024
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Biennale
Location: Sweden
Amount: SEK 10,000
Apply: OpenArt
Details: Artist fee of SEK 10,000. When creating a new artwork, OpenArt provides production support according to an agreed production budget. OpenArt books and pays for the transport of artworks to and from the exhibition. OpenArt books and pays for travel and accommodation during installation. OpenArt covers costs related to the installation period such as permits, cranes, wheel loaders, lifts, electricity and technical staff.
BICAR Summer School 2023
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Program
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 12 days
Apply: Bicar Lebanon
Details: This summer school will investigate the different registers and political valences of the critique of the subject and try to gauge its consequences for the understanding of revolution. Is the destitution of the subject revolutionary? Or does it ultimately dissolve revolution as idea and political practice? Free to local students. Payment for funded and non-local students to be made upon successful application.
Frankfurt Moves! Artist Residency
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: The Frankfurt LAB
Details: Fee of max. 4.000 Euro gross per residency, 4 weeks accommodation,Travel expenses , and Material costs (a total of max. 800 Euro gross per residency).
Sparks and Frictions | Re:Humanism Art Prize
Deadline: 28/2/2023
Type: Award
Location: Italy
Amount: €4,000 - €7,000
Apply: RE:HUMANISM
Details: Sparks and Frictions is the title of the third edition of Re:Humanism Art Prize, which since 2018 is dedicated to exploring the relationship between art and artificial intelligence. Participants are invited to submit works relating on the following topics: New Ecologies, Thinking Quantum, New Narratives, Playing With Non-human, Exploring Metaverse, Hacking The Body, Machine Visions And Dreams, Other Explorations.
January
Medway Artist Opportunity
Deadline: 3/1/2023
Type: Residency/Exhibition
Location: UK
Amount: £4,000
Apply: Shubbak Festival
Details: Visual artists of Arab or SWANA* are invited to submit proposals for an exhibition with accompanying engagement programme.The selected artist will be offered an all-inclusive fee of £4,000 to cover artistic costs, planning and research, outreach and delivery of an engagement programme, materials, travel and accommodation should it be needed. There is also the capability for works to be exhibited digitally.
Sumou’s Palestine Print Issue
Deadline: 4/1/2023
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: Palestine
Amount: $20
Apply: Sumou Mag
Details: This issue is only open for Palestinians. Submissions are accepted in Arabic and English. We accept original, previously unpublished works—this means simultaneous submissions are fine, but please inform us immediately if your work has been accepted elsewhere. There are limited spaces for this issue, but creatives will be compensated $20 each.
European Media Art Festival 2023
Deadline: 8/1/2023
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: —
Apply: EMAF
Details: Media artists from all over the world can now submit their work to be selected for the European Media Art Festival 2023. Works from the areas of film, installation, performance and expanded media can be submitted.
Homebound Residency Program
Deadline: 8/1/2023
Type: Residency
Location: UAE
Duration: 6 months
Apply: 421.Online
Details: Successful applicants will be awarded with a production budget up to AED 20,000 to be employed for any equipment or material required for the completion and realisation of their projects.
Parenting Artist ResidencyDeadline: 8/1/2023
Type: Ireland
Location: Residency
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Cow House Studios
Details: Through an open call, this residency will make it possible for participating artists to develop new work, progress existing projects, or get back to their practice after taking time out to have children. This residency will offer childcare, a stipend of €500, accommodation, and meals. Childcare is provided from 9 am until 5 pm on weekdays, allowing artists to focus fully on their work.
Performing Residency at BUDA and NEXT
Deadline: 10/1/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Mophradat
Details: The selected applicant (working with maximum three collaborators, i.e. up to four individuals in total) will have their travel and visa costs, per diem, and honoraria covered, in addition to receiving a contribution to their project’s production costs, and a presentation fee for the performance at NEXT Festival.
G. & A. Mamidakis Art Prize 2023
Deadline: 10/1/2023
Type: Prize
Location: Greece
Amount: €14,000
Apply: The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation
Details: Each of the three selected proposals will be awarded the amount of 7,000 euros, and an additional 7,000 euros will be made available to each artist for the construction of the work. This year's Art Prize calls for site specific, large-scale wall-mounted works created to be part of a specific, configured environment; works which narrate an internal path/route, and which can be reference points-landmarks within their exhibition space.
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Deadline: 12/1/2023
Type: Exhibition
Location: Palestine
Duration: —
Apply: we are sorry to inform that
Details: Have social media algorithms ever removed an artwork you shared as a post? Submit your artwork with details. The works will be presented in a digital exhibition as part of the Mozfest festival, organized by the Mozilla Foundation and in collaboration with the Taxir initiative.
Video Art Miden
Deadline: 15/1/2023
Type: Video Festival
Location: Greece
Duration: —
Apply: Art Miden
Details: Video Art Miden invites all video artists and video creators from all over the world to submit their videos for the next events & collaborations of Miden, which include screening events and video art exhibitions in Greece and internationally. There is no entry fee. Video Art Miden is particularly interested in video art, video-performance, video-dance, experimental music videos, experimental animation.
Videoclub’s Night WatchDeadline: 15/1/2023
Type: Video screening
Location: UK
Amount: £50
Apply: videoclub
Details: Night Watch is an outdoor film trail with film & video works projected onto buildings around the town of Crawley, UK. Submissions will be accepted by LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers from the UK and internationally. Submissions can be artists’ film & video, experimental film, Machinima, short film, animation, or digital works, and must be 5 minutes or less in length. A screening fee of £50 GBP will be paid to the filmmaker if work is shown in the programme.
2023 Curatorial Research Fellowships
Deadline: 15/1/2023
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA/Online
Amount: 8 months
Apply: Independent Curators International
Details: This Curatorial Research Fellowship is specifically intended to support curators of African descent in developing their curatorial practice. It will encourage independent research study, writing, and/or the development of a curatorial project. The fellows will receive mentorship specific to their research interests as well as 10,000 USD in financial support. Fellows may be based anywhere as mentorship sessions will be held virtually.
“Al-Madina Club” Production ResidencyDeadline: 17/1/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Adef/Medrar/Makouk
Details: "Al-Madina Club" will be built around the design of medium or large group games that use and interact with the spaces around its players. During the residency, the participants will be exposed to game design theories, basic and advanced game development skills, engagement with principles and tools related to urban imagination and world building through the presence of a team of facilitators, consultants and technicians. The program provides financial support to each resident of 500 euros.
ZW Open Call 2023
Deadline: 22/1/2023
Type: Call for Co-productions
Location: Switzerland
Duration: —
Apply: Zentralwäscherei
Details: We are launching our second Open Call for co-productions and are looking forward to be sharing our space with you next year. We welcome a wide range of submissions, for example: Exhibitions, social formats, discursive formats, political events, theatre, installations, safe spaces, screenings or sound performances.
V&A Parasol Foundation PrizeDeadline: 22/1/2023
Type: Prize
Location: UK
Amount: £2,000
Apply: The V&A Parasol Foundation
Details: The V&A Parasol Foundation Prize for Women in Photography is open to all women and is trans-inclusive. Five artists included in a group exhibition at Peckham 24. International travel and 2 nights' accommodation expenses for exhibiting artists. Bursaries of £2,000 for each exhibiting artist.
Young Curators and Critics Seminar
Deadline: 25/1/2023
Type: Seminar
Location: Morocco
Duration: 5 days
Apply: Ecriture Automatique
Details: Are you between 22 and 40 years old and following or have obtained a higher education in Literature, History of Art, Cultural Engineering, Communication, Journalism or Fine Arts? During the 5 days of the free JEUNES CURATEURS & CRITIQUES seminar, you will work on writing and story-telling, supporting artists and curating exhibitions. Please note: limited number of places.
2HB vol26 - call for proposals
Deadline: 26/1/2023
Type: Publication
Location: UK
Amount: ≈ £450
Apply: CCA
Details: A journal for experimental art writing, 2HB facilitates a discursive space for writing in contemporary art practice and creates a platform for artists, writers and theorists to realise work that might not otherwise be published. As a guideline, we typically pay a fee of £450 for 1500-3000 words though this is not prescriptive and the fee will vary for longer pieces. We ask that prospective proposals are submitted as PDF’s of no more than 5 pages long. Applications from artists based in Scotland will be prioritised.
Wild Bits: OPEN CALL 2023
Deadline: 27/1/2023
Type: Residency
Location: Estonia
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Wild Bits
Details: With this open call Maajaam is seeking proposals for installations, interventions or processes to be installed in landscapes spread out around Maajaam that explore the human condition in a contemporary technological society. Selected projects receive an artist fee of €2,000 (per project) and a travel grant. The total maximum production budget per project can be up to €5,000.
Open Call: Minus20degree Biennial
Deadline: 31/1/2023
Type: Biennial
Location: Austria
Amount: Up to €3,000
Apply: Minus20degree
Details: We are looking for artists in the field of sound art, videoart, performance, theater, installation, or dynamic land art for our 2024 edition. All art works need to be conceptualized and produced especially for minus20degree. Successful applicants recieve: artist fee €1,000, production budget up to €1,600, travel budget: up to €400, up to 6 nights’ accommodation.
The Christo and Jeanne Claude Award
Deadline: 31/1/2023
Type: Award
Location: UAE
Amount: $10,000
Apply: NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
Details: The Award is given for the proposal and creation of an artwork that, in the spirit of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, can be publicly exhibited and enjoyed. The applicant must be UAE artist. The winning work will be exhibited in Abu Dhabi, in November 2023. The winning artist will directly receive $10,000 to enable the production of the new work.
2022
December
Jan van Eyck 2023
Deadline: 1/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 11 Months
Apply: Jan van Eyck Academie
Details: The enrolment fee amounts to €2.750/year excluding VAT. You will receive an invoice well before the starting date of your residenc. Participants receive a monthly stipend of €1.000 and a working budget of €2.000 annually
35 FILMFEST DRESDEN
Deadline: 1/12/2022
Type: Film festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 5 days
Apply: FILMFEST DRESDEN
Details: Eligible for submission are short films up to 30 minutes running time (incl. credits). Please note: We only accept 35mm or DCP copies for festival screenings!
OPEN CALL: CURATOR-IN-RESIDENCE
Deadline: 4/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: UK
Duration: 9 months
Apply: FACT Liverpool
Details: Applicants can be from anywhere in the world but must be willing to spend a significant amount of time in the UK, FACT cannot currently support visa applications. £10,500 Fee, £2,500 Travel and accommodation, £500 Research Budget A workspace in Liverpool along with any basic technical equipment required.
CALL FOR ESSAYS: SUSTAINABILITY
Deadline: 5/12/2022
Type: Publishing
Location: Germany
Amount: 800-1,000 words
Apply: ART DÜSSELDORF MAGAZINE
Details: We invite journalists, art historians, scientists, artists, and curators to submit short proposals for essays of 800-1,000 words on the topic of sustainability. Send pitches — including two to three relevant clips and your rate. Writers who are BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or from other under-represented groups are highly encouraged to pitch.
Gypsum Bursaries
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Mentorship & Stipend
Location: Egypt
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Gypsum Gallery
Details: Gypsum is pleased to announce the launch of Gypsum Bursaries, a stipend and mentorship program offered to visual artists to support their research towards the realization of a publication. The initiative is open to citizens or residents of Egypt with creative and original publishing proposals in English, Arabic, or both, across various formats. 3 bursaries of $1,500 are offered for the duration of 6 months.
MIZNA SUMMER ISSUE
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Publishing
Location: USA
Amount: $200
Apply: Mizna
Details: Writers whose work is published in Mizna will receive complimentary copies of the issue in which their work appears, a one-year subscription to the journal, and a $200 honorarium.
9th Caravane Tighmert
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 7 days
Apply: Caravane Tighmert
Details: Candidates (visual artists, dancers, musicians, comedians, writers and chefs) who wish to participate in the 9th edition of Caravane Tighmert. The organisation will lodge and feed the artists in a traditional house (they will participate in household chores), it will not pay transport costs to Tighmert, nor the production of the works, nor give pocket money.
CURATORIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: France
Amount: $20,000
Apply: RENCONTRES D'ARLES
Details: The Rencontres d'Arles curatorial research fellowship is intended for curators wishing to carry out an original image/photography project. Based on the project selected, the curator will receive a €5,000 grant for expenses and copyright fees throughout the length of the research. A second amount of 15,000 euros subject to validation of the production of the project.
Open Call for Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Award
Location: UAE
Amount: AED 10,000 - 17,000
Apply: Cultural Foundation
Details: Participation in the competition is open to the citizens and residents of the United Arab Emirates. The submitted story must not be award winning or have previously been published in paper or electronic form. Stories written should be targeted to children 1 – 14 years of age. First place will receive AED 17,000, second place AED 13,000 and third place AED 10,000.
CMYK Open call
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Exhibtion
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Cocoon Cultural Center
Details: CMYK {Create More Youth Kulture} is an initiative created to support, promote & advance the artistic & entrepreneurial projects of local talents by facilitating a digital and physical platform to showcase & share their ideas/ products with the world! Exciting stuff planned: Various creative workshops; Mixed Media Exhibition (that this open call is for); Local brands market; An explosion of colors everywhere you go.
Résidence Fidèle 2023
Deadline: 15/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: Open
Apply: Studio Fidèle
Details: A grant of €300/month will be awarded to the artist. We will accompany the artist in his creative process, and will be available to develop the production and manufacture of the work in Risography. The residency can have a variable duration depending on the project, the objective being for us to accompany an artist in a process set up beforehand, with autonomy.
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The Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (EMAR)
Deadline: 16/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 1-4 weeks
Apply: Collar works
Details: Accepted artists will receive a $250 stipend to be used at their own discretion towards travel, materials, or other associated costs related to this opportunity. For families : Accepted artists will receive a $500 stipend to be used at their own discretion towards travel, materials, or other associated costs related to this opportunity. We will be offering the first four weeks of the application period be FREE to apply. Beginning October 15, there is a $25 application fee.
MAXHAUS SCHOLARSHIP 2023
Deadline: 31/12/2022
Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 month
Apply: MAXHAUS
Details: Artistic focus: PAINTING. The four-week grant includes a stay at the MAXHAUS Künstlerhaus in Nordhalben, free of rent and additional costs (living room and studio) as well as a support of €500. Age limit 40.
Villa Medici Short Residency Program
Deadline: 31/12/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: Up to 3 months
Apply: Villa Medici
Details: The French Academy in Rome welcomes artists, authors and researchers from all disciplines all year round in order to carry out a specific project of creation, experimentation or research for a period of up to three months , within the framework of the “Résidences Médicis” program. These are short residency stays , aimed at carrying out a specific research or creation project. Candidates must be French-speaking.
November
Art Explora - Artists residency
Deadline: 4/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3-6 months
Apply: Cité internationale des arts
Details: A studio apartment of about 50m2 (only one double bed), fully equipped and furnished. A grant of 1,000 euros per mont. A production grant of up to 3,000 euros, delivered upon justification. A round trip to the residence.
AWARE Research Residency
Deadline: 6/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Villa Vassilieff
Details: The resident will have an independent living and working studio within the Villa Vassilieff. Payment of a round trip ticket between the place of residence and Paris, living allowance of 900 €/month, i.e., 2,700 € for the entire residency.
Cairo Art Book Fair
Deadline: 9/11/2022
Type: Publishing
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Cairo Art Book Fair
Details: Prices for a table at the Cairo Art Book Fair
International organizations, publishers, galleries: $150, Academic publishers: $150, Local organizations, publishers, galleries: EGP 1,000, Artists, collectives, and zine makers: EGP 500
cont·act Contemporary Dance Festival 2023
Deadline: 13/11/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Singapore
Duration: 5 days
Apply: cont·act
Details: Each selected work will receive a performance fee. The performance fee offered for a 15-20 minute solo work has typically been in the range of S$500–S$800, depending on the experience and expertise of the artist quality of work, and production needs.
Villa Medici Fellowship
Deadline: 14/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 12 months
Apply: Villa Medici
Details: The fixed amount of the residence grant is set at €42,000 gross for the year (€3,500 paid monthly) subject to the social and taxes contributions. Accept and provide support for artists with families. The competition is open to established French-speaking artists, authors and researchers, regardless of nationality.
The fifth issue of Errant
Deadline: 14/11/2022
Type: Publishing
Location: Netherlands/Belgium
Amount: $750
Apply: Errant Journal
Details: We look for contributions that are concretely situated, personal, fragmented, specific, etc. and from all possible backgrounds, disciplines and/or embodied knowledges. We also look for and welcome contributions that come from a different epistemological knowledge or language that the editors of Errant do not understand. Contributors publishing new material especially created for this issue of Errant receive a fee of €750.
Amant: New York Studio & Research Residency
Deadline: 15/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Amant
Details: For artists from around the world with research-oriented practices. We provide artists with space, resources, and guidance to support long-term research projects and archival work. Our program welcomes experimental practices in visual arts, cultural theory, performance, filmmaking, and writing. Residents receive a studio, round-trip flights and a monthly allowance of USD$3,000.00 to offset the costs of accommodation, transport and day-to-day expenses.
SHE GOT GAME
Deadline: 15/11/2022
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: —
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: Up to 3 women from the Arab region working in game development will benefit of 1:1 online mentorship with an international expert of the industry. Online lectures to develop entrepreneurial and professional skills. Peer-to-peer exchanges with other participants of the program. Visibility for their work.
Brooks International Fellowship
Deadline: 16/11/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: UK
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Delfina Foundation
Details: Taking place in 2023, this fellowship will be based in Tate’s Digital and Innovation department, where the researcher/practitioner will conduct research into digital access and inclusion in the art museum. This fully-funded fellowship is for researcher from outside the UK who will be in-residence at Delfina Foundation.
Extended Ecologies
Deadline: 17/11/2022
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Medrar
Details: Extended Ecologies is a one-year programme that aims to create and reflect the ways that extended reality (XR) technologies can transform our relationship with physical environments, and so ourselves and other beings. The labs culminate in a compendium of research results, released publically, and as interactive publication.
Aldea Curation Residency
Deadline: 17/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Norway
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: ALDEA Gallery
Details: Aldea is offering a residency for three artists, followed by a group exhibition. Each artist will receive a single room inside the apartment; Living Expenses 10,000 NOK; Travel expenses maximum 5,000 NOK; Shipping expenses maximum 2,000 NOK; Production Fee 12,000 NOK. In addition, the group will be given 250 Euro to employ a text writer for their exhibition.
Home Workspace Program (HWP)
Deadline: 21/11/2022
Type: Program
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 7 months
Apply: Ashkal Alwan
Details: All artists and cultural practitioners currently living in Lebanon are eligible to apply, regardless of age and nationality. The study program that invites fellows to develop their formal, technical and theoretical skills in a critical setting. It consists of seminars, skills-based workshops, and critique sessions led by and in dialogue with artists, scholars, writers, and others. Applicants based outside of Lebanon will not be considered, but can enroll in online seminar offerings.
Internship and Mentorship Program
Deadline: 23/11/2022
Type: Internship
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: A program for emerging-creative professionals based in the UAE in the bid to provide early career professional preparation and career development through working with the Head of Warehouse421, Programs Manager, Education Manager or Communications Manager. This is a paid internship opportunity.
Call for Entries: Tanween 2023Deadline: 27/11/2022
Type: Program
Location: UAE
Duration: 11 months
Apply: Tashkeel
Details: The programme supports designers in design enquiry, material research and experimentation as well as exploring the process and development of prototypes. Through a series of LABs and supporting working sessions, participants engage in group, pair and individual work, experimental practice, collaborative practice, constructive critical feedback, investigation of new business models, reflection and evaluation. Applicants must be over the age of 21 and currently reside in the UAE.
AfA Edition 5: States In States
Deadline: 27/11/2022
Type: Masterclass
Location: Online
Duration: 5 days
Apply: Artists for Aritsts
Details: Early career artists (including groups and collectives, activists, and cultural professionals) across all disciplines are invited to apply. Participation includes attending three online workshops and lectures.Successful applicants will enroll with a $50 donation pooled into a traceable online Group Fund, which will be redistributed into two AfA Micro-Grants. The primary language is English.
Recanati-Kaplan Prize
Deadline: 30/11/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Villa Albertine
Details: The resident get a stipend for daily living expenses, calculated according to the local cost of living (e.g. $100 per day in New York); Round-trip travel to the US from the resident’s home country; Accommodation; Car rental, if necessary, depending on the proposed location; Health, civil liability, and repatriation insurance. The winner will also get a $15,000 grant. The project must be related to a major contemporary issue that affects both the United States and the Arab world.
October
Emerging Local Talents program
Deadline: 1/10/2022
Type: Program
Location: Egypt/Online
Duration: 7 months
Apply: Film My Design
Details: The ELT is an online mentorship program that targets Egypt-based, aspiring designers and filmmakers. The program will support creatives in developing their careers in design and filmmaking and enhancing their portfolio by working closely and receiving mentorship from established practitioners in the creative industry.
Camargo Fellowship 2023-2024
Deadline: 1/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 10 weeks
Apply: Camargo Foundation
Details: A stipend of EUR 350 per week is provided, as is funding for basic transportation to and from Cassis per Fellow. In the case of air travel, basic coach class is covered. The Camargo Foundation’s campus includes twelve furnished apartments, a reference library, a music/conference room, an open-air theater, one artist’s studio with a darkroom.
Rijksakademie Residency
Deadline: 1/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 2 years
Apply: Rijksakademie
Details: The Rijksakademie welcomes applications from artists to develop their work over one or two-year periods in Amsterdam. Residents are supported with a studio, a work budget and a stipend and benefit from an array of opportunities for exchange, including peer to peer dialogue and visits from a wide range of leading art professionals.
FANTOMAS – OPEN CALL Deadline: 1/10/2022
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 8 weeks
Apply: Medrar for Contemporary Art
Details: The call is open to artists from different disciplines willing to experiment and integrate their artistic practice with Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, game engines and modeling softwares to create VR artworks. Medrar provides a limited budget to support the production of the artworks, as well as a participation fee granted for the participants upon completion of their projects within the set deadlines.
Enter the Hyper-Scientific 2023Deadline: 3/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: EPFL CDH Program
Details: Covered is: Travel costs and accommodation in Lausanne. Preferably, applicants will reside in the city during the period of the residency; A monthly flat fee for living expenses (of CHF 1,500); A production budget (of maximum CHF 15,000); Curatorial mentoring and supervision for the duration, including the final presentation of the project.
Caldera Arts – Artist in Residency 2023
Deadline: 3/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 - 3 weeks
Apply: Caldera Arts
Details: Residents will receive private lodging, studio, and artist stipend. Please note: transportation to and from the residency site is not provided by Caldera Arts. Stipends of $700 -$1200 will be provided to each artist/group in residence depending on the length of their residency.
Globus: Transcending Boundaries
Deadline: 3/10/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Nordic Region
Amount: DKK 700.000 ($98.000)
Apply: Nordisk Kulturfond
Details: For individuals, groups, associations, companies, public or private sector organisations, or institutions in the Global South and Global North. Projects must be grounded in artistic and/or cultural practices but are welcome to include other professional fields and traditions. The project should have a clear link and/or relation to the Nordic region in terms of partners, themes or activities, but must not be able to be developed in the Nordic Region alone.
Fanak Fund: Zodeh
Deadline: 7/10/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: France
Amount: Up to €3,000
Apply: Fanak Fund
Details: The programme consolidates artistic and cultural teams whose annual budget does not exceed €20,000, operating from a member country of the Arab League and from the wider Middle-East including Turkey and Persian-speaking countries, for at least two years. The beneficiary organisation must acknowledge its cultural and artistic engagement towards the local community.
AAA-A Zine Residency Open Call
Deadline: 7/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Asia Art Archive in America
Details: We provide:
- A production budget of up to $1,200 and a $300 artist honorarium.
- Access to our collection onsite & reading room facilities Tue – Fri from 10:30 am – 6:00 pm for the duration of the residency. (The reading room is equipped with a large reading table, computers, WiFi and a copier/scanner.)
- AAA-A staff onsite for guidance.
Culture Resource: Production AwardsDeadline: 14/10/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: up to €8,500 - €13,000
Apply: Culture Resource
Details: The program gives young artists and writers under the age of 35 the opportunity to create original works and develop new forms of artistic expression, This round offers 20 grants of up to €8,500 for projects in literature, music, performing arts and visual arts and of up to €13,000 for projects in cinema and video.
Residency Grant 2023
Deadline: 15/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 5 weeks
Apply: The Schlossmediale Werdenberg
Details: The scholarship holders receive a flat-rate payment of CHF 4,000 each. Accommodation is provided, but you have to take care of your own meals.
There is an expense allowance of CHF 1,000 for meals and travel The scholarship holders each receive a subsidy for material costs of up to CHF 1,000.
Art OMI: Architecture - Artists - Writers
Deadline: 15/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Amount: 2 - 3 weeks
Apply: Art Omi
Details: Art OMI has distinct residency programs. Through a jury process, residents are chosen, invited to attend at no cost, except travel. Catered meals and comfortable lodgings are provided. Located in Columbia County, New York—two hours north of New York City by train.
Grants for Artists’ Practice
Deadline: 15/10/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Belguim
Amount: $2,500 - $5,000
Apply: Mophradat
Details: The grant provides artists with flexible financial support to be used towards their livelihood, ongoing research, the realization of a particular proposal as well asconnecting the participating artists with their peers (of the selection committee) to engage in a structured dialogue.
Stadt.raum.experimente
Deadline: 15/10/2022
Type: Commission
Location: Germany
Amount: Up to €60,000
Apply: Kunstkommission Düsseldorf
Details: Covers fees, transportation, production and other related fees.
ATELIER Experimental platform for the arts
Deadline: 16/10/2022
Type: Event
Location: Germany
Amount: 2 days
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: - Expense allowance
- Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from PACT Zollverein
- Local accommodation (by arrangement)
- Transport costs covering one journey to and from PACT Zollverein
Mother Art Prize
Deadline: 16/10/2022
Type: Prize
Location: UK
Amount: £1000
Apply: Pro create project
Details: Group show featuring up to 20 selected artists at Zabludowicz collection in Spring 202. Online solo exhibition with Richard Saltoun gallery. Up to 1 month Residency at the Mother. House Studios in London and mentoring sessions with Sylvie Gormezano. £1000 Cash prize towards a new work co-commissioned by Diversity Art Forum and Procreate Project.
Aix-Marseille University Fellowships
Deadline: 17/10/2022
Type: Fellowships
Location: France
Duration: 5 - 10 months
Apply: IMERA
Details: For the year 2023-24, the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix-Marseille University (IMERA) is opening 11 resident fellowships, targeting scientists and/or artists. The fellowships are distributed over four programs (Arts & Sciences: Indisciplined Knowledge; Interdisciplinary Explorations; Mediterranean; Necessary Utopias).
The Visual Arts Project Fund
Deadline: 18/10/2022 (11:59 AM CET)
Type: Grant
Location: Germany
Amount: Up to €25,000
Apply: Goethe Institut
Details: For professional artists, curators and people working in the visual arts, architecture, design or art education abroad or in Germany who plan and execute a collaborative (incl. interdisciplinary) project. We fund project that aim for the development of exhibitions and discussion-based formats. The maximum amount of funding available is €25,000. The application must be submitted by two or more partners, one of whom must be based abroad and one in Germany.
Biennale Internationale de Sculpture de Ouagadougou
Deadline: 30/10/2022
Type: Exhibition and Residency
Location: Burkina Faso
Duration: 2 - 4 weeks
Apply: BISO
Details: First biennial dedicated to contemporary sculpture on the African continent, the goal of BISO 2023 is to strengthen the promotion and visibility of sculptors and to consolidate their place on the contemporary art market. Two main events for BISO 2023:
- The artists residencies: lasting 2 - 4 weeks, take place in BISO off sites and studios in Ouagadougou.
- The BISO exhibition: organized at the French Institute and opened to the public for a month.
ARE Holland residency 2023
Deadline: 31/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Amount: 2-3 months
Apply: ARE Holland
Details: The residency includes use of all facilities (private room, studio, computer equipment, wireless internet, kitchen, bathroom, washing machine / dryer, basic tools). Selected artist are granted with a solo exhibition and/ or studio visit at art initiative B93, by the end of their stay. ARE provides the resident artists with a material a budget for the final presentation/ exhibition, depending on individual projects.
Apexart
Deadline: 31/10/2022
Type: Exhibition and Residency
Location: USA
Amount: Up to $10,000
Apply: Apexart
Details: apexart has increased the budget substantially to $10,000 for each Open Call exhibition and related programming. Each curator/organizer must work within apexart’s budget to cover expenses including curator travel, artwork shipping, artist and public program participant honorariums, equipment, installation, and venue fees with $8,000 of the budget. Of the $10,000, the curator/organizer receives up to a $2,000 honorarium for coordinating the project and writing the exhibition brochure essay.
WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
Deadline: 31/10/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Switzerland
Amount: CHF 4,000
Apply: Artlink.ch
Details: The call aims to support video artists and filmmakers currently based in Ethiopia, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan/South Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine. We invite applicants to propose an idea for a video work of maximum 15 minutes. Six successful applications will receive a grant of CHF 4’000 each to produce a video work based on their proposal. The videos will then be shown in an exhibition/screening event that is co-produced in partnership with four Swiss cultural organisers. The films will be screened at the four partner venues across Switzerland.
VOLUMES Award 2022
Deadline: 31/10/2022
Type: Prize
Location: Switzerland
Amount: CHF 500
Apply: VOLUMES
Details: With this third book award we would like to highlight and support the production and producers of 2022 with four cash prizes of CHF 500 each. Three of which will be decided by online voters and one by the VOLUMES team, to support especially artists and publishers with small means. All of the submitted publications will be showcased online and in the award exhibition. We will invite everybody to vote for their favorite publications of 2022.
Projects at The Lab | Archives
Deadline: 31/10/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan
Amount: 4-6 weeks
Apply: Darat Al Funun
Details: We invite creative professionals from all disciplines (including artists, filmmakers, designers, architects, performers, curators, and any creative mind) to submit proposals, which make use of our space for experimentation, exploration, and cultivating new ideas. Darat al Funun provides seed money to cover your production costs. While we accept international proposals, we do not cover travel expenses or insurance, although we are at times able to offer accommodation in one of our residency flats.
September
The Samira al-Khalil Prize
Deadline: 1/9/2022
Type: Prize
Location: France
Amount: $5,000
Apply: Samira al-Khalil Association
Details: The Samira al-Khalil Prize is intended to reward, once a year, a woman (at least 18 years of age) whose practice and trajectory are in solidarity with the struggle to put an end to the infringement of fundamental rights and freedoms in the Arab and Mediterranean regions. The winner of the Samira al-Khalil Prize will receive the sum of €5,000.
Granada Writers-in-Residence
Deadline: 1/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 30 days
Apply: UNESCO City of Literature
Details: The Granada Writers in Residence Programme is targeted at writers residing in any country in whichever language they write. A month’s stay in Granada for two writers, at the Corrala de Santiago of the University of Granada. Travel expenses are covered, as well as arrange and cover the costs of accommodation for the two writers.
Open Call: Land Program
Deadline: 1/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Palestine
Duration: 4,5 - 9 months
Apply: Dar Jacir for Art and Research
Details: This call is open to those who are based in Palestine and are able to access Bethlehem easily; to oversee and to work on their terrace for the entire duration of the program. The Land Residency is open to artists, farmers, scientists, conservation practitioners, writers, cooks, agricultural workers, creatives, and researchers (individuals or collectives) who are pursuing work inspired by plants, farming, agriculture, agroecology, gardens and land.
Alserkal Research Grants
Deadline: 1/9/2022
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: $5000 - $10,000
Apply: Alserkal Avenue
Details: We are keen to accept applications from individuals and collectives whose projects dislodge the boundaries between conventional disciplines. We prioritise interdisciplinary proposals, comparative studies, and critical discourses that bridge the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Grants for individuals up to US$5,000; For duos/collectives up to US$10,000; For independent publishers - up to US$10,000.
22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil
Deadline: 2/9/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Brazil
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Videobrasil
Details: The Biennial will receive submissions of works in any format and media, from artists and/or collectives born and/or based in countries of the Global South, from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, or residing in them, and indigenous artists of any nationality. Cash awards as well as artistic residency prizes will also be given.
Open Call: Publishing Grant 2022
Deadline: 2/9/2022
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: Up to 30,000 USD
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: The Publishing Grant invites cultural producers in the following fields to submit project proposals: art and cultural scholars, translators, writers, editors, independent publishers and publishing houses, collectives and non-profit institutions. Grant amount up to $30,000, publishing and distribution support, release and signing at FOCAL POINT art book fair.
OneBeat
Deadline: 2/9/2022
Type: Festival
Location: USA
Duration: 2 months
Apply: OneBeat
Details: OneBeat is a music exchange and incubator for music-based social entrepreneurship, where innovative musicians from around the world launch collaborative projects designed to make a positive impact on local and global communities. All costs will be covered for OneBeat Fellows, including travel and accommodations. Fellows will also receive a per diem and a modest honorarium.
The Hayy Jameel Facade Commission
Deadline: 8/9/2022
Type: Commission
Location: UAE
Amount: —
Apply: Art Jameel
Details: You are invited to submit proposals for the 2022-2023 iteration of the Hayy Jameel Facade Commission, an annual programme that features the production of a major new public work for the 25-metre “canvas” of Jeddah’s new creative complex, connecting the public to the vibrant community within.
“Friends of the Artist" Biennial
Deadline: 12/9/2022
Type: Biennial
Location: USA
Duration: 1 month
Apply: A.I.R. Gallery
Details: Sliding Scale Application Fee: $0, $10, $20 ($40 after September 12). The Biennial looks to showcase the friends of artists, welcoming both glimpses of those you are together with today and considerations of community and solidarity more broadly. The show asks artists to invite the public into their intimate and interconnected webs of relations, love, care, and mutual support.
Mophradat’s Self Organizations
Deadline: 15/9/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Belgium
Amount: $2,000 - $6,000
Apply: Mophradat
Details: A program that aims to provoke inventive ways of working together and collaborating. The program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners take the initiative and join forces to define a mutual resource or interest that’s important for their work, and propose how to share or develop it.
Graham Foundation Grants
Deadline: 15/9/2022
Type: Grant
Location: USA
Amount: Up to $20,000
Apply: Graham Foundation
Details: The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants. These grants assist individuals with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. Production and Presentation Grants up to $20,000, and Research and Development Grants do not exceed $10,000.
PACT: Residencies 2023
Deadline: 15/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 - 6 weeks
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: Open to professional artists who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts or music and closely linked to the core strands of activity in presenting work and facilitating research and development. The residency includes: Studio space, accommodation (Max. 4 people), weekly allowance, one-time travel reimbursement, technical equipment and support.
Enclave Land Art
Deadline: 15/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Enclave Land Art
Details: We will select seven projects from different artistic disciplines that will be developed and produced in the natural environment during the two weeks of the Art Residency, sharing experiences, ideas and a common goal. The artists' fees for the time dedicated to the project will be €800, material cost up to €300, accommodation in a house with common coexistence and the possibility of sharing a room, travel up to €200.
ACF: Call for Proposals #11
Deadline: 16/9/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Mali
Amount: Up to €8,000
Apply: African Culture Fund
Details: To be eligible, candidates must be an artist or cultural actor or from Africa and the African diaspora, an organization or an artistic or cultural association established in Africa or cooperating on African projects. This call covers all countries on the African continent. For any request made within the framework of this call, the budget granted by ACF is €8,000 maximum per project. The financing covers a period between 4 months minimum and 6 months maximum.
Noorderlicht Photo Festival 2023
Deadline: 19/9/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 1 month
Apply: noorderlicht
Details: With the photographic glance as a starting point, the festival focuses on the entire spectrum of the image, both analogue and digital: from computer-generated imagery to virtual, mixed and augmented reality, installations and projections. Selected artists will receive a fee in accordance with the Dutch guidelines for artists’ fees for group exhibitions.
Pro Helvetia: Landscape Analysis
Deadline: 14/9/2022
Type: Research Grant
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: Pro Helvetia Cairo seeks to recruit researchers to conduct a comprehensive landscape analysis of individuals, collectives and institutions in the Arab region, whose work lies at the intersection of art, science, and technology. The focus of the landscape analysis would be on three core groups within the region: Organizations - Individuals - Funders.
Al Marmoom Short-Film Competition
Deadline: 23/9/2022
Type: Festival
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: Dubai Culture
Details: Applications are open to filmmakers from UAE nationals, residents, and the MENA region; aged 15 and over. Rewards: First place: a plaque and a monetary reward of AED 50,000; Second place: a commemorative shield and a monetary reward of AED 25,000; Third place: a commemorative shield and a monetary reward of AED 15,000.
Web Residencies No 18
Deadline: 23/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: If you work with lateral exchanges, situated knowledges, community networks, and/or connecting intertropically on a planetary level, please apply for this residency which takes place within the long-term SAVVY Contemporary project looking at re-generative ways of being, netting, and rendering a multiplicity of realities. 6 projects will be rewarded with the production residency and €1,200 grant.
CUVO Videoart Festival 2023
Deadline: 30/9/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Spain
Duration: 5 days
Apply: CUVO Festival
Details: This edition's of the "CUVO" festival subject will revolve around "(An)Ectasy". We need the proposals to be linked or related in some way with this idea.
S.W.I.T.C.H
Deadline: 30/9/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Ireland
Duration: 8 days
Apply: S.W.I.T.C.H
Details: S.W.I.T.C.H is Inviting artists working with film / moving image/lens based Media, to consider an application for switch 2022 responding to the theme of Play. It's open for all artists working with film, lens-based media and moving images to submit one work.
FMR – Festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces
Deadline: 30/9/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 1 month
Apply: FMR – Festival
Details: Selected applicants receive 800 Euros artist grant, up to 1.000 Euros production budget, up to 450 Euros travel expenses, free use of a studio, and free accommodation.
August
Faena Prize For The ArtsDeadline: 1/8/2022
Type: Prize
Location: USA
Amount: $100,000
Apply: Faena Art
Details: The winning proposal will receive a US $100,000 prize – US $25,000 in unrestricted funds will be awarded directly to the artist, and the remaining US $75,000 will be allocated towards the production of the new commission to be installed temporarily at the Faena Beach during Miami Art Week 2022.
Culture Resource: Culture 3.0
Deadline: 2/8/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to €14,000
Apply: Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
Details: The project aims to foster confidence among the cultural sector by supporting music, and the literary and publication sectors to ensure fairer online economic models. Towards this end, the project offers financial support to fund projects in arts and culture, technology and economy. The project also offers a networking space and collective learning by convening the grantees and making connections with relevant resource people and organizations.
Mentorship Building Beyond
Deadline: 4/8/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Netherlands
Amount: €10,000
Apply: Prince Claus Fund
Details: The programme consists of peer group sessions, masterclasses, and two mentoring intensives in the form of Lab Weeks (one in the African continent, and one in the Netherlands) where there will be opportunities for exchange and to build your network in different scenes. In addition to this, each participant receives an award of €10.000 and guidance from mentors to work on the concept for a body of work that is outlined in their application.
Artists Residency at MAWA
Deadline: 5/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Canada
Duration: 2 - 4 weeks
Apply: MAWA
Details: For women, non-binary, trans and 2-Spirit women-identifying visual artists. Applicants can use the space and time for research, reflection, networking and/or production. Accommodation is provided for free. While at MAWA, you will be expected to present your work to our members in a form of your choice (screening, talk, performance, showcase of work-in-progress, etc.). MAWA will pay you a $335 fee for this presentation.
Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children
Deadline: 6/8/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Duration: 10 days
Apply: AFCA Arts Center
Details: Egyptian performing arts productions (Music, object theater, storytelling, puppetry, contemporary dance, etc), Arts Installations, short and animation films aimed for young audiences are eligible. Shortlisted, award-eligible films will be nominated, and awarded by the artistic committee (Film), financial support and accommodation to be disclosed with the selected companies/artists (Performing Arts).
Mophradat: OrbitalsDeadline: 10/8/2022
Type: Program
Location: Brazil
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Mophradat
Details: Four curators and researchers visit an international location to learn about a different artistic context. During a ten-day guided research trip, the participants, along with members of Mophradat’s team, meet and share experiences with peers in the art scenes and communities they are visiting. Mophradat will cover airfare, travel insurance, and visa costs, and provide participants with accommodation and per diems.
Testing Grounds: Call for Fellows
Deadline: 10/8/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Het Nieuwe Instituut
Details: Approaching testing grounds as action spaces and networks of relations allows us to find research causes, try out methodologies and develop tools. Het Nieuwe Instituut offers two Research Fellowship positions. Each of these positions includes a maximum budget of €20,000. Stipends may be subject to a withholding tax. There is no age limit for applicants. Individuals and collectives from all places of residence are invited to apply. Fellows are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.
Offcity Air 2022: Reading Public Space
Deadline: 10/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Czech Republic
Duration: 1 - 2 weeks
Apply: OFFCITY
Details: Through this year's program, we would like to support 3–5 artists or theorists. Residents are offered an accommodation and a work space for 1–2 weeks, a production assistance and guidance, production budget to cover material or technical costs up to CZK 5,000 CZK, a fee of 10,000 CZK (in case of duo or collective the sum will be devided evenly), and – if necessary – further consultations, networking with local cultural projects, organizations and artists. There is no separate reimbursement for travel expenses.
K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg
Deadline: 11/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 8 months
Apply: K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg
Details: The residency programme covers: a monthly scholarship (for living expenses and accommodation in Hamburg); one-time travel expenses from and to place of residence; support in obtaining necessary papers/Visa and costs of related costs; a moderate production budget for the performances at the end of the residency, which allows for a small team over the last few weeks of the residency; use of the K3 studios.
SAM Residencies
Deadline: 15/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Singapore
Duration: 1 - 6 months
Apply: Singapore Art Museum
Details: Artist; Community & Education; and Curatorial and Research residencies. Artists and researchers from all around the world may apply. Residents will be supported with: Return airfare; Monthly stipend of SGD$1,500; Housing allowance; A studio space; Support from the museum in the form of institution resources and expertise, network building, and opportunities for public engagement.
Gender Bender 2022
Deadline: 15/8/2022
Type: Festival
Location: India
Duration: 6 days
Apply: Sandbox Collective
Details: Gender Bender is a one-of-its-kind-annual festival held in Bangalore, India, that showcases new works of art that re-examine and re-imagine the spectrum that is gender. Gender Bender 2022 grant includes a maximum grant amount of INR 75,000 towards the creation of the work, awarded at the discretion of the panel with due reference to your proposal and budget.
foodculture days 2023
Deadline: 15/8/2022
Type: Biennale
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 10 days
Apply: foodculture days
Details: foodculture days is looking for proposals from swiss and international individuals or groups working in the fields of art and culture; humanities and social sciences; earth and natural sciences; hospitality and gastronomy. A production budget for the creation or distribution of a project of up to 5’000 CHF. We invite projects exceeding the available budget to present proposals for co-financing.
Animatex Festival 2022
Deadline: 15/8/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Duration: 5 days
Apply: Animatex
Details: Now accepting short animated films from Egypt, the MENA region and the world. The festival offers a much-needed window on the local and international animation scenes, through a multitude of workshops, talks, discussions, screenings, competitions, keynotes, networking sessions and markets. The festival offers trophies, certificates, internships, and cash awards.
Dastaangoi Artist Residency
Deadline: 15/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Pakistan
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Dastaangoi
Details: Dastaangoi will offer onsite accommodation and studio space. Residents are invited to live in the guest house on the farm, but encouraged to spend majority of their time exploring and taking in the natural surroundings. A program of talks, workshops and other events will be run by Dastaangoi in collaboration with the residents to promote interaction and exchange of ideas. Dastaangoi Artist Residency will be open to visual, sculpture and new media artists.
Sala Doc
Deadline: 21/8/2022
Type: Program
Location: Morocco
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Sala Doc
Details: This program is intended for young residents of the city of Salé. The Sala Doc project is a training program for writing and directing short documentaries on the city of Salé. Project participants will be trained in the aesthetics and writing techniques of creative documentary film. They will be accompanied by our local and international trainers in the creation of a first work, on the theme of the city and its inhabitants.
BAC: 3-Month Curatorial Fellowship Deadline: 22/8/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Beirut Art Center
Details: The fellowship will take place from September 15 until December 15, 2022, with a remuneration of €450 per month. Application is open for a Lebanon-based curator. The Fellowship is a three-month part-time assistantship program, during which young artists and curators from the Arab world work closely with a more experienced artist or established institution.
Artist/Writer in Residence Program
Deadline: 25/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Austria / Hungary
Duration: 3 - 5 months
Apply: The Institute for Advanced Study
Details: IAS CEU offers annually one Writer in Residence fellowship and one Visual/New Media Artist in Residence fellowship to provide selected artists with opportunities to conceptualize and create new works. A net allowance of €2,000 per month + accommodation at the Raoul Wallenberg Guesthouse and/or office space at IAS CEU premises as available, either of which may serve as a studio", limited equipment and technical support from the CEU Media Lab.
Jameel House in Cairo 2022-24
Deadline: 28/8/2022
Type: Program
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2 years
Apply: Art Jameel
Details: The program offers the unique opportunity to study Islamic geometry, its patterns, and design fundamentals. The programme also includes modules in floral decorative patterns, painting methods and colour harmony, woodwork, ceramics, gypsum carving, and metalwork.
Festival Fila Ni Kélé – Bamako
Deadline: 28/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Mali
Duration: 7 weeks
Apply: Don Sen Folo
Details: Selected residents are offered: Round trip; Visa support (if necessary); Accommodation and food taken care of during the two months in Bamako; Work grant, the amount of which will be communicated to the winners only.
Open Call: Artistic Residency NO.2
Deadline: 31/8/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: ZKM | Karlsruhe
Details: The open call addresses artists who, regardless of disciplines and genres, apply machine learning in an innovative way in their artistic practice. The scholarship holders receive a stipend. The amount of the grant is €5,000 for a total residency period of 2 months. Travel expenses up to a maximum of €1,000. Accommodation is organized by the scholarship provider. You are welcome to apply in teams or collectives, but the amount of the scholarship remains unaffected.
8th International Awards for Art Criticism
Deadline: 31/8/2022
Type: Award
Location: China
Amount: €3,500 - €10,000
Apply: Committee of Awards for Art Criticism
Details: The Eighth Edition of the International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC 8) 2022, is open to candidates from anywhere in the world writing in Chinese or English about any contemporary art exhibition held anywhere in world or online. The First Prize will consist of a cash award of €10,000. Each of the three Second Prizes will be awarded a cash prize of €3,500.
July
Schiesslhaus AIR
Deadline: 1/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: approx. 8 weeks
Apply: SCHIESSLHAUS AiR
Details: The residency program is open for visual artists of all disciplines, as well as for other creative fields such as film, theater, literature, architecture, sound, design, and music. Nine grants of €1,200 (incl. costs of materials) will be granted. Reimbursement of travel expenses within Germany up to max. €120, within the EU up to max. €300, outside the EU up to max. €600.
Artistes en résidence, Clermont-Ferrand
Deadline: 1/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Clermont-Ferrand
Details: The curatorial residency program aims at welcoming a curator and/or art critic of any age and nationality to Clermont-Ferrand between October 2022 and March 2023. A stipend of €€1,500 total. Travel costs can be covered up to €400. Visa fees are to be covered by the curator and/or art critic.
Youmein Festival 2022: Rumor
Deadline: 1/7/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Morocco
Duration: 48 hours
Apply: Youmein Festival
Details: The Youmein Festival brings artists together to develop diverse, new work centered on a common theme. Artists are invited to reflect on rumors, the modes and codes of their transmission, and these slippery signifiers that take on meaning and import far beyond their initial conception. Chosen artists will receive 2,000 MAD to cover their stay, transportation, lodging, materials, and production in Tangier.
Women Artists/Mother Artists
Deadline: 3/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hunna Arts & Culture Center
Details: Hunna invites you to apply for a six-week family-friendly residency in Okaibe as of early August- an unprecedented chance for women artists, especially mother-artists working in any artistic discipline. Your Kids are welcome to stay during the residency, and we have a list of activities scheduled for them.
Designer in Residency 2022
Deadline: 4/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Amount: 3 months
Apply: Designregio Kortrijk
Details: Residencts recieve accomodation, a montly fee and one-time travel expenses. They are free to use BUDA::lab Open Makerspace. We also put them in touch with experts in several domains and support of Designregio Kortrijk.
AFAC: CinemaDeadline: 5/7/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: up to $25,000 - $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Cinema grant is open to all kinds of fiction film projects. The program welcomes submissions of short and medium-length narrative films in production and post-production and feature narratives that are in development, production or post-production phases.
AFAC: MusicDeadline: 5/7/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: up to $25,000 - $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Music grant supports production, performances, collaborations, album recordings and festivals. Travel costs can be covered by the AFAC grant only when they are part of the implementation of a project.
Deadline: 5/7/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: up to $25,000 - $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Training and Regional Events grant supports trainings and workshops in the different cultural and artistic fields, in addition to residencies, symposiums, forums, and festivals (multidisciplinary, music, film, performing arts, visual arts, literature…).
On the Road Again, Again
Deadline: 8/7/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Arab World
Amount: up to CHF 25,000
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: Pro Helvetia Cairo invites art and cultural organisations, collectives, festivals and spaces active in the Arab region to collaborate on developing new projects with Swiss counterparts, in all art disciplines (with exception to film). Partnerships to be between two or more partners from the Arab countries (nationally or regionally) along with Swiss partners. Projects could take place physically, in a digital format or a hybrid of both.
KZ5 - the JOY issue
Deadline: 10/7/2022
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: UK
Amount: Up to 1,500 words
Apply: Khidr Collective
Details: Memes, food, daytime raves, abolishing work, thinking about what exists beyond this world, the destruction of the imperialist white-supremacist capitalist patriarchy, intimate moments in all their shapes and forms. What brings you joy? We want to know how you find and express joy. We are particularly looking for unconventional art forms and encouraging creative approaches to this prompt. If your submission is accepted, we will be in touch to discuss payment.
Platform: Art Work
Deadline: 10/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Finland
Duration: —
Apply: Platform
Details: We offer accommodation, travel expenses (one return trip, cheapest possible) and a working grant (approx. €300 per week). We also offer a small production budget of €1000, which the artist may reimburse by presenting original receipts of purchases, specifically connected to the project produced during the residency.
Artists Connecting in Transition
Deadline: 15/7/2022 (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan - Turkey - UK
Duration: 4 months (part-time)
Apply: Fanak Fund
Details: For six visual artists with lived experience of forced migration, exile or displacement living in Jordan, Turkey or the UK. The new international residency programme sets out to create environments of care, creativity and support for artists whose practice has been disrupted through forced migration in D6, MedeArts, and arthereistanbul.
The Wonders of Possible
Deadline: 15/7/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Italy
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Kyber Teatro
Details: Eligible projects are; Theatre and new technologies plays; Art and new technologies performances. LMDP Festival is the first of this kind in the whole Italy. Its aim is to promote the interrelation between artistic and technological languages.
Art In The Eck – ResidenciesDeadline: 15/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Horner Eck
Details: We offer: Honorarium €1,500; Rent-free living and studio/workshop use; Material costs up to max. €800; A final solo exhibition in the Horner Eck eG; Professional documentation of the work; A publication in the project catalog.
Internship and Mentorship ProgramDeadline: 16/7/2022
Type: Internship
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: A program for emerging-creative professionals based in the UAE in the bid to provide early career professional preparation and career development through working with the Head of Warehouse421, Programs Manager, Education Manager or Communications Manager. This is a paid internship opportunity.
Talents Beirut
Deadline: 18/7/2022
Type: Lebanon
Location: Festival
Duration: 4 days
Apply: Metropolis Cinema Association
Details: Arab Film editors, cinematographers, sound designers and score composers our call for entries. Join us in a four-day programme of workshops and talks in order to reflect on your work, connect with other emerging creative talents, and benefit from the knowledge and expertise of international and regional film professionals.
Call For Artists And Curators From North Africa
Deadline: 22/7/2022
Type: Residency
Location: UK
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Delfina Foundation
Details: Delfina Foundation welcomes applications from visual artists or curators. A three-month The residency includes a return flight ticket, reimbursement of visa fee, a living allowance of £30 per day, materials budget of £750, local travel pass for London, a single bedroom with a desk and shared facilities.
63rd Thessaloniki International Film FestivalDeadline: 28/7/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Greece
Prizes: €3,000 - €10,000
Apply: Thessaloniki Film Festival
Details: TIFF has four competition sections. The festival requires an entry fee of €25 Euros for each submission. The fee is not applicable for Greek films. The submissions also concern VR / Virtual Reality films (no entry fee). The films of the International Competition section are eligible for cash awards between €3,000 - €10,000.
Prix Mustaqbal | 2ème Edition
Deadline: 31/7/2022
Type: Prize
Location: Morocco
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Fondation TGCC
Details: For artists, aged 16 to 40, Moroccans or foreigners residing in Morocco. This edition is devoted exclusively to painting, collage, drawing and digital drawing. The 3 winners must, during the current year, participate in an artist residency at Jardin Rouge, invited by the Montresso Foundation.
ArtHere2022
Deadline: 31/7/2022
Type: Call for proposals
Location: UAE
Amount: —
Apply: Louvre Abu Dhabi
Details: We are calling artists (nationals and residents) from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to submit a proposal in response to our exhibition thematic: Icon. Iconic. Our jury of international art experts will be selecting a number of artists to exhibit at Louvre Abu Dhabi from mid-November 2022 until February 2023.
Open Call: Queer Futures
Deadline: 31/7/2022
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: Lebanon
Amount: —
Apply: Kohl Journal
Details: We consider queer futures to be both a practice, a method, and a way of doing/being that extend across disciplines and areas of life. In this issue, we invite contributions, in any form or content, that take one side: that of abolition and the building of another world. We ask: How to abolish capitalism without reforming capitalism? How to queer and bring home the conversation around world-making and world-buidling?
Visiting Curators Vienna 2022
Deadline: 31/7/2022
Type: Call for Curators
Location: Austria
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Verein K
Details: For its fourth edition, four international mid-career curators will be chosen based on the quality of their work and the quality and relevance of the exhibition project(s) they submit. Verein K will be covering accommodation and travel costs, per diems
Erich Sokol Prize
Deadline: 31/7/2022
Type: Prize
Location: Germany
Amount: €4,000 - €11,000
Apply: The Caricature Museum Krems
Details: Erich Sokol Prize For Digital Caricature, Critical Drawing and Satire 2023 offer prizes with a total value of over €30,000 will be awarded to national and/or international winners. Upcoming award winners’ art work will be exhibited at the Caricature Museum
Krems 2023.
June
Appel à résidence – Arts Visuels
Deadline: 1/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 4 - 6 weeks
Apply: Le Vecteur
Details: Open for individuals and collectives. Like what we program in other artistic fields (music, literature, etc.), we select artists by keeping as criteria a curious and open approach to contemporary realities as well as a sense of certain commitment. We do not limit the field of practices: sculpture, painting, photography, serigraphy, engraving, video installation work, performance, etc. The exhibition resulting from this residency will take place at V2, our exhibition gallery.
Ras al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival
Deadline: 1/6/2022
Type: Festival
Location: UAE
Duration: 2 months
Apply: RAKFAF
Details: There are five submission categories: Fine Arts & Photography - Sculpture - Film - Student Work - Poetry. Open for entries that consider the relationship with the landscape, plants and animals, fellow human beings, our planet, and the universe. We're interested in diverse voices and practices that interpret the theme in unique, compelling ways. What is our place within nature? How does nature empower creativity? How can art converse with nature?
Linenhall Artist Residency Deadline: 3/6/2022 at 6:00 PM
Type: Residency
Location: Ireland
Duration: 8 weeks
Apply: The Linenhall Arts Centre
Details: The Linenhall International Artist Residency will support an artist in the creation of new work and/or the development of their artistic practice. Total fees €8,000 (€200 per day). This fee is inclusive of stipend, living costs or related expenses. A €2,000 budget is available to cover materials or equipment needed for the duration of the residency.
Imaginaries from a Backout
Deadline: 5/6/2022
Type: Call for Abstracts
Location: Online
Length: 3000–5000 words
Apply: Arab Urbanism
Details: While Earth’s spheres and ecosystems are disrupted, destroyed, and annihilated at an unprecedented rate as a result of human activity, how can we retreat to natural systems for inspiration in the face of persistent despair, infrastructural failures, and fragmentation of collective lives? We welcome submissions in both English and Arabic. We aim for a readership beyond academic circles. The inclusion of illustrations and photographs in the commentary and essay submissions is highly encouraged.
To-gather In Fashion Residencies
Deadline: 5/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland and Egypt
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Fashion Revolution
Details: For two fashion designers from Switzerland and Egypt. The pairs consisting of an Egyptian and a Swiss fashion designer, will work together (or to-gather!) on a small capsule collection. All expenses of the participating designers such as flight tickets, accomodation, travel expenses are covered. Moreover, participating designers receive a per diem. 4-6 fashion designers from the pool of applicants can participate in the workshops and field trips free of charge.
Down the Wire Live
Deadline: 6/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: B'sarya for Arts + Cryptic Glasgow
Details: For 16 music producers, sound artists and digital media artists, a 1-month residency in Glasgow and a 1-month residency in Alexandria. Artists will be required to give public talks/workshops and the outcome of the exchange will be presented in Alexandria and Glasgow in early 2023. A weekly fee of £600 plus travel, visa costs, accommodation and per diems will be provided. Artists participating in the artists exchange on will be provided with a fee of £150.
V.O. Residencies
Deadline: 6/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: UK
Duration: 2 months
Apply: V.O. Curations
Details: The chosen resident is provided with a grant: £250, production budget: £1000 is provided to each resident, studio space. The opportunity to develop and present a solo exhibition, and any related public programming, at V.O Gallery. The opportunity to produce a publication or other print project related to the work developed in residence. Meetings with one external mentor, to be selected and approached together prior to the start of the residency period.
Fulbright Student Program: Arts Grant
Deadline: 7/6/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Egypt
Duration: 6 - 9 months
Apply: Fulbright Egypt
Details: The program provides fully funded grants for professional artists who wish to attend master classes and/or conduct field research for 6 to 9 months in the U.S. in the fields of Applied Arts, Fine Arts, Performing Arts. The grant benefits include: travel allowance, stipend, health benefits coverage, research and courses fees, other allowances. Note: Preference will be given to applicants without prior significant experience in the U.S. and/or overseas.
Lake Balaton Art Residency
Deadline: 10/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Hungary
Duration: 14 days
Apply: South-Balaton Contemporary Art
Details: The residency covers travel costs reimbursement up until a maximum of €300, accomodation for the duration of the residency, two meals a day (lunch, dinner), full costs of materials (canvas, frame, paint) based on the application project submitted and accepted by the applicant. Maximum of 15 artists will be selected.
London Short Film Festival
Deadline: 13/6/2022
Type: Festival
Location: UK
Duration: —
Apply: London Short Film Festival
Details: Each year we screen over 500 UK and international films, collaboratively selected from 5000+ open submissions. We award cash prizes to the UK and international short films, and accepted UK filmmakers are eligible to apply for the 2023 BAFTAs. Submissions are open to short form of every genre as well as artists’ moving image and video works. Films must be no longer than 45 minutes in length and made after 1 January 2021.
Open Call: Research Fellowship
Deadline: 15/6/2022 (extended)
Type: Fellowship
Location: 10 Arab Countries
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Network of Arab Alternative Screens
Details: For 10 Arabic-speaking fellows, researchers, cultural practitioners, and facilitators working at the intersection of cinema and cultural mediation. Phase 1: virtually. Phase 2: with the mentor and hosting space, each fellow will choose one of the 23 member spaces (across 10 Arab countries) to conduct a one-month writing residency. The residency will be supported by a travel stipend of €1,500 for airfare and accommodation. Texts resulting from the residency may feature in a publication by Esmat—Publishing List.
Stedelijk Museum: 'Freedom'
Deadline: 15/6/2022
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 14 days
Apply: Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
Details: This Open Call invites artists to propose a work of art that gives a contemporary interpretation of the concept of ‘freedom’. Three artists will be commissioned to make a new work of art. The artists will receive a fee of €1,000 and a production budget of €500 for their work. A vote by visitors to the museum will decide which three of the ideas that have been presented is the most appealing and will be realized next year.
Laboratory of Arts
Deadline: 15/6/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: €5,300 - €8,800
Apply: Ettijahat - Independent Culture
Details: For Syrian and Palestinian-Syrian applicants from all age groups, we support artists and independent cultural entities in their artistic practices, so that they can thrive in their current working conditions and circumstances, and seeks to promote different types of artistic and creative expression and to support artists' ability to produce.
“THE WONDERS OF POSSIBLE” 2022 IX°Deadline: 15/6/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Italy
Duration: —
Apply: Kyber Teatro
Details: The winners of the Open Call will have guaranteed the full coverage of the costs for mobility (flight travels, board and accommodation in Cagliari) and an “attendance fee” for the presentation of their performance for 2 evenings.
Manal AlDowayan Studio: Virtual InternshipDeadline: 16/6/2022
Type: Internship
Location: Worldwide
Duration: 8 weeks
Apply: Manal AlDowayan Studio
Details: Fine Arts and Art History students from around the world. From July until early September (8weeks). Paid. You will work on assigned projects but at the same time, you will have a portfolio review and weekly lecture series curated by the studio team.
O Rumo do Fumo 2022
Deadline: 19/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Portugal
Duration: 1 month
Apply: O Rumo do Fumo
Details: The project must be an original work, in creation phase and yet to premiere, in the field of Dance and/or Performance. Production Support Grant of €1,000 for each project. Compensation for travel, accommodation and food expenses in the amount of €900, to be divided amongst the two select projects.
AiR InSILo Deadline: 20/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 1 - 6 weeks
Apply: InSILo
Details: The call aims to meditate on the present state of technology. Residents (regardless, individual or collective) are offered an honorarium of €975, production costs up to €525, coverage of travel costs up to €600, coverage of transport costs up to €150, up to €3000 Euros to make necessary purchases for the workshops, labs or infrastructure.
SODAS 2123
Deadline: 20/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Lithuania
Duration: Up to one month
Apply: Lithuanian Culture Institute
Details: The residency provides an opportunity to conduct a research of the Lithuanian art scene and encourage international cooperation and partnerships. Residents are offered free accommodation, allowance for food (depending on the duration of the residence, the amount allocated for the 30-day residence is 1140 Eur), and travel expenses to and from the Sodas 2123 residence.
Understanding Intelligence 2022 Deadline: 20/6/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Norway
Duration: 1 month
Apply: PRAKSIS OSLO
Details: This residency asks how constructs of intelligence are measured, used and abused, and how changing understandings of human and more-than-human worlds might require radical redefinitions. The resident is offered accommodation, and a stipend of 3000 NOK (approximately €300) towards additional costs for selected international participants.
Under the Bridge = On the threshold
Deadline: 26/6/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Kunstbrücke am Wildenbruch
Details: Artists are invited to submit proposals for actions in the fields of visual arts, theater, literature, dance and music based on this year’s festival theme [Under the Bridge = On the threshold]”. A fee and material costs are provided up to a total of max. €2,500.
South Designs
Deadline: 28/6/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Switzerland
Amount: CHF 15,000
Apply: Governing Through Design
Details: What do design responses to climate change look like when they are grounded in the aspirations and struggles of those most affected? Six proposals will be funded with a grant of 15,000 CHF each (including honorarium and production expenses), paid in three tranches over a maximum of two years.
MASQ: Call for Workshops Proposals
Deadline: 30/6/2022
Type: Workshop
Location: Egypt
Duration: —
Apply: Maq‘ad of Sultan Qaitbey
Details: We are seeking ideas for workshops that suit local kids from Qaitbey neighborhood aged 10-15 years old. We are open to all ideas that are related to art, culture, science, heritage, and sports, preferably mixing between more than one of the previous fields in customized and innovative ways.
VIDEONALE.19
Deadline: 30/6/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Kunstmuseum Bonn
Details: Open to all types of experimental time-based artistic works - single and multi-channel video, video installations, performances, sound art and virtual reality. Artists of any nationality and any age can submit up to two works. An administration fee of €15-20 will be charged for each submission.
K-oh-llective: Call for Publications
Deadline: 30/6/2022
Type: Call for Publications
Location: The SWANA region
Duration: Ongoing
Apply: K-oh-llective
Details:K-oh-llective invites artists, writers, art practitioners and curators to submit their art publications to K-oh-llective Library; an archive and an open-source database. We are seeking all kinds of different publications; artist/art books, art theory, zines, exhibition catalogues, research papers, self-published works, etc.
May
Vroman Fellowship 2022
Deadline: 1/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Jan van Eyck Academie
Details: For an (inter)national artist, writer or a designer whose research falls within the intersection of art and science and who carries an inquisitive approach towards interdisciplinary thinking. The Fellow will receive access to a private studio, a monthly stipend of €1,000, a working budget of €1,091, and accommodation for 6 months. Research shall fall within the intersection of art and science and who carries an inquisitive approach towards interdisciplinary thinking.
Malt Artist-in-Residency
Deadline: 1/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Denmark
Duration:3 months
Apply: Malt AIR
Details: The residency programme includes: An individual studio, access to shared workshop facilities and accommodation in a shared apartment; a travel grant, return flights, and visa costs; a monthly stipend of €1,000 to cover living expenses, local transport and cost of materials and production; facilitating network development with relevant artists, curators, and art professionals in Denmark; the resident will receive individual professional feedback twice during the stay.
Open Call: Damj Residency
Deadline: 5/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 1 month
Apply: KounAktif
Details: For three artists from Casablanca or northern Morocco, interested to work as a duo with an artisan, the residency will take place in Chefchaouen. Each selected artist will have a fee of 5000 MAD, and 2700 MAD to produce a collaborative work with an artisan. Each artist will have a room, and a general space to work in. A production manager will assist each duo of artist and artisan during the production of their work.
GRANT — 100 Artists
Deadline: 8/5/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Switzerland
Amount: CHF 1,000
Apply: Sudkulturfonds
Details: To support 100 artists and art collectives from the global south and east in the early stages of their careers across all art forms. Eligible artists are in the early stages of their creative development and aim to advance their careers by building new professional networks, particularly in the Swiss cultural market.
Micro Macro Artist Residency Deadline: 10/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Croatia
Duration: 12 days
Apply: The New Centre
Details: Curated by Hannah Blumas and Abie Franklin, Micro Macro is an international artist residency programme on the island of Hvar in Croatia. During the last two days, there will be an exhibition of the results in Hvar town’s municipal gallery. The number of residents will range between 4 and 6 artists.
Thoulathy: Cross Border Collaborations
Deadline: 11/5/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Tunis
Amount: up to €40,000
Apply: All-Around Culture
Details: Looking for 10 collaboration projects of trios; 2 cultural organisations from the ‘South’ and 1 cultural organisation from the ‘North’ to work together for 15 months. Independent cultural NGOs, registered collectives, non-commercial companies, or any other civil society initiative working through culture qualify for this call.
open call: be-ing
Deadline: 12/5/2022
Type: Workshop
Location: UAE
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Rummān Collective
Details: Rummān Collective would like to invite you to participate in the workshop exploring the theme of the inner child in 'smol', taking place throughout The Youth Takeover at Jameel Arts Centre. Calling out to artists, writers and graphic designers to come together to create a collective response to smol. This exercise will culminate in the form of a zine, containing a compilation of thoughts, feelings and memories
Tender & Masculine – Open Call
Deadline: 12/5/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Malta
Duration: —
Apply: Rosa Kwir
Details: We are seeking work by 5 artists that challenge, question, redefine or reflect on conventional and traditional notions of masculinity in relation to gender identity. Each selected artist/collective receives a €500 artist fee and €600 to cover production and/or shipping expenses or in the case of live performance flights and accommodation (with flight allowance capped at €350).
Art Residency: Albalad 2022
Deadline: 14/5/2022 (Round 4)
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hafez Gallery
Details: The program is open to artists, curators, writers (critics and art historians) from Saudi Arabia and worldwide who are at the beginning or middle of their career in the visual arts field. Artists may apply for a production grant ($1300-2600) for the realization of their project.
South-South Arts Fellowships 2022
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Cambodia
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Living Arts International
Details: Each fellow recieves a honorarium of $3,000, feedback on proposals from three advisors, a grant of $3,000 for curating and organizing one virtual or hybrid activity, which can be inter/intraregional in scope. The 5 selected fellows will reiceve a shared budget of up to $20,000 for curating and organizing up to three inter-regional virtual activities. Selected fellows will organise these activities in collaboration with one another.
Curatorial Development Program
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Program
Location: UAE
Amount: 20,000 AED
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: Calling all curators from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region! We invite you to propose a group exhibition and publication on the theme of “Screening Screaming: (Human) Nature in Crisis”. Successful applicants will be selected to fine-tune proposals in preparation for the launching of an exhibition, public program, and a book in the Fall of 2023, and recieve an award of 20,000 AED and participate in a structured program taking place throughout the year.
The Mahy Khalifa Art Fund
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2 years
Apply: Art D'Égypte
Details: One candidate every year receives the Scholarship which covers all tuition/living expenses. Graduate Degree (masters) or Non-Degree (research institution) in Visual Arts, New Media arts, Art History, Art Criticism, Curating and Art Management. Applicants should have an unconditional acceptance letter from the hosting institution/ university in Europe Applicants must be Egyptian. Applicants must have graduated minimum 12 months ago (up to 35 years old).
Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2 - 4 years
Apply: Sawiris Foundation
Details: Sawiris Arts & Culture Scholarship is a fully-funded program to study for bachelor's and master's degrees as well as to attend residency/apprenticeship programs at the world's most prestigious universities. The scholarship covers the fields of Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film and Music studies, as listed in the design.
Sharjah Film Platform 5
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Festival
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: Organised to support filmmakers in the UAE and MENA region, we provide a critical platform for emerging and established filmmakers, producers, critics and students alike. Submission is free and open to filmmakers worldwide. All films accepted through this open call will be automatically considered for a juried award in the Documentary, Experimental and Narrative categories for short and feature-length films.
Deep Ecology in the Cognitive Capitalocene
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Program
Location: USA
Duration: 9 days
Apply: Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art
Details: Open to students, practitioners and scholars from the fields of art, design, architecture, critical writing, neuroscience, science and technology studies, critical theory, cultural studies, film and media studies, and beyond. Program fees are $1000. A limited number of partial tuition scholarships are available which are awarded both on need and merit.
Lebanon Grant: Photographic Projects
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: €3,000
Apply: Les Femmes s’expossent Festival
Details: Open to female professional photographers of Lebanese nationality or permanent resident in Lebanon. Project: The proposed work can be a subject, artistic or documentary. It has to take place in Lebanon. It could be either a work in progress or to be done. Grant €3,000, payable in two installments. There will be a projection in avant-premiere of the subject during the 2023 Festival.
New Radicalisms Festival
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 5 days
Apply: A(WAKE)
Details: The festival reserves up to €600 to cover the production costs per performance/workshop. In addition to productional and PR support, we offer the following fees (excluding VAT): Performance fee: €250 (per person); Artist talk: €250; Panel talk: €250 (per person); Lecture: €400; Workshop: €400. We offer reimbursement for travel and accommodation costs up to €150 per person, and letters of support to apply for additional funds or visa procedures.
Darat al Funun Summer Academy
Deadline: 15/5/2022
Type: Program
Location: Jordan
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Darat al Funun
Details: Open to 10 participants from Jordan and Palestine. The summer academy will focus on investigative and research-based practices, and unfolds in four chapters; on cities, archives, archaeology, and ecology. Selected participants from outside Amman are expected to pay their travel costs to/from Amman. For participants from outside Amman, a per diem and shared accommodation will be offered in one of our residency flats.
Al-Masirah Project
Deadline: 16/5/2022 (extended)
Type: Program
Location: Libya
Duration: 5 months Apply: Tajarrod Architecture/Art Foundation
Details: We invite artists, architects and writers from all over Libya and abroad to join an intellectual, artistic, and architectural platform that offers a diverse program of workshops, dialogues and exhibitions. Project Output; Online archive gathering the participants’ research and proposals; Documentary film documenting the idea and stages of the project and the journey of its participants; Book about the project idea, specifically highlighting the contributions of the participants; Art album that includes distinctive artworks and images expressing the philosophy of the project.
Diagonale: Research ResidencyDeadline: 16/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Canada
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Diagonale Center
Details: With the aim of offering a context for reflection that supports the critical thinking in dialogue with its mandate, Diagonale is launching a call for a research residency open to curators, art critics and researchers. They are invited to propose a research project. Residency fees of $ 2000 CAD. Work space offer in the center's offices during the residency. Optional: write a text about one of the exhibitions in the context of 2022-2023 program (fees: $200).
Culture Resource: Wijhat
Deadline: 16/5/2022 (16:00 Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to €7,000
Apply: Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
Details: Individuals or groups; Artists of all artistic disciplines and cultural actors; To participate in: artistic and cultural fairs, artistic residencies, forums, conferences, seminars, workshops; Travelling from an Arab country to another Arab country/outside this region; From a non-Arab country to an Arab country; to cover travel tickets, visa costs, accommodation and transportation.
Verpėjos Residency
Deadline: 20/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Lithuania
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Verpėjos Silver Art Projects
Details: Verpėjos‘ residency is designed to focus on the slow process of artistic research and the long-term value for the participating creators and audience. In close communion with animals and nature, we invite the creators to rethink the relationship between contemporary humans and the environment in the epoch of the Anthropocene. Each participant is to receive a grant of EUR 500, covering the cost of working materials and travel expenses (up to EUR 200).
Confluence: Research Residencies
Deadline: 22/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco/Scotland
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: LE 18 / QANAT and CCA Glasgow
Details: The residency is open to 3 artists and cultural practitioners based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to spend a month in Glasgow with CCA. The residency offers a framework for the participants to expand on their existing research and practice from the vantage point of a different locality. Residents will recieve ₤900 budget for 4 weeks, return air ticket to Glasgow, accommodation and per diems, a shared studio space by 3 artists and one-on-one support.
World Trade Centre: Artist Residency
Deadline: 22/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: up to 10 months
Apply: Silver Art Projects
Details: In addition to the free studio space, artists are connected through Silver Art's programming, to curators, artists peers, mentors, arts professionals, collectors, and thought-leaders. Artists will receive a $1,200 stipend as part of the residency. Artists are responsible for their own travel, housing, and living expenses. Silver Art Project can not sponsor visas for international artists and these must be obtained by the artist.
Call for Submissions: Performance Project
Deadline: 23/5/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Canada
Amount: —
Apply: La Centrale galerie Powerhouse
Details: In light of the criticism towards performative activism, we ask you to reflect on the various forms of activism both online and in real life in order to consider their impact on our future, beyond trend movements. Exhibition fees and honorarium on the basis of CARFAC’s recommended rates. La Centrale provides technical support and covers certain costs such as transportation of works, travel, installation fees and also professional documentation.
The Black SWANA Issue
Deadline: 24/5/2022 (extended)
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: USA
Amount: $200 honorarium
Apply: Mizna
Details: We are open to possibilities of developing new forms and concepts, to being challenged and surprised by insightful, thought-provoking work. Literary works of poetry, visual poetry, fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, creative nonfiction, comics, collage, invented forms, and any forms of mixed print or hybrid work will all be considered. Selected contributors receive a $200 honorarium, a one year subscription to Mizna, and five copies of the issue.
3rd Edition of Sunbird Stories
Deadline: 25/5/2022
Type: Production Program
Location: Palestine
Amount: $20,000
Apply: Filmlab: Palestine
Details: Filmlab Palestine and Cinephilia Productions in partnership with El Gouna Film Festival invite Arab film professionals to apply for the Sunbird Stories Program. The production program intends to develop five narrative short films for young audiences across the Arab World. A jury of industry professionals will award one or two projects during the closing ceremony of El Gouna Film Festival, each $20,000.
Residency at Bulegoa z/b
Deadline: 25/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 1 months
Apply: Bulegoa z/b
Details: The objective of this call is to facilitate the production of art and knowledge at different stages and levels at Bulegoa z/b. Fees of €1,000 for the resident. Travel bag and accommodation of a maximum of €500 or accommodation by Bulegoa z/b. Production of a maximum of €200 plus expenses derived from the adaptation of the production to a public format.
Berlin Film Residency
Deadline: 26/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Filmlab: Palestine
Details: This residency enables one Palestinian film professional to reside in Berlin for 3 months so they can develop their project and skills and meet producers and professionals, in accordance with their profile. This residency includes: Travel costs (economy), Accommodation, Allowance (€1,200 per month).
MÄA ELMOGHREB 2022
Deadline: 26/5/2022
Type: Call for Musicians
Location: Tunisia
Duration: 1 month
Apply: B7L9 Art Station
Details: Aimed at musicians or those part of a musical group/collective of all genres [based in Tunisia]. Our goal is to allow for a greater number of artists to share the stage, perform and develop their work in a live setting, and to allow our music loving public to discover new emerging artists.
Bienalsur: International Open Call
Deadline: 27/5/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Worldwide
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South
Details: Artists and curators of any nationality, regardless of gender, age or any other category, may present - individually or collectively - proposals that are situated within the horizon of contemporary theories of art and culture, seeking to contribute to thinking about, problematising or offering other views and approaches to the multiplicity of life experiences of our time.
Cultural & Artistic Responses To EnvironmentalDeadline: 31/5/2022
Type: Mentorship Award
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Prince Claus Fund
Details: The programme consists of two Labs (week long mentoring intensives, one in person and one online), bi-monthly online masterclasses and peer-group sessions, and a visitor's programme in Amsterdam and Berlin. Each participant receives an award of €10.000 to work on the concept for a body of work that they outline in their application.
Articles and Online Laboratories
Deadline: 31/5/2022
Type: Call for Submissions
Location: Online
Amount: $750
Apply: LA ESCUELA___
Details: The call is open to authors in the fields of art, architecture, and performing arts with a pedagogical perspective. We are looking for proposals that can bring a meaningful contribution to our research archive and the production of formative projects on radical learning and collective making. We will select 3 laboratory proposals and 10 contributions for the library (in Spanish or English).
Open Call: Research Residency Fellowship
Deadline: 31/5/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Steirischer Herbst
Details: Fellows receive a monthly stipend €1,500, monthly accommodation €500. Travel to and from Graz for the residency is covered as well. Fellows able to commute will receive a monthly commuting compensation instead of the accommodation allowance. The festival works collaboratively with a network of institutions in the city that the fellow is introduced to throughout their stay.
April
The Alpine Fellowship: Visual Arts Prize
Deadline: 1/4/2022
Type: Prize
Location: UK
Amount: £3,000
Apply: Alpine Fellowship Foundation
Details: Awarded for the best visual arts response to the theme of the Alpine Fellowship 2022 - Freedom. The winner will receive a £3,000 cash prize and a further £1,000 towards the artist’s travel, and the shipping and installation of their work at the symposium. Runners up will be invited to attend the symposium to exhibit their work. Travel expenses will be reimbursed up to a total of £500, and all food and accommodation will be covered.
De Ateliers 2022
Deadline: 1/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 20 months
Apply: De Ateliers
Details: De Ateliers is an artists’ institute open to artists at the beginning of their professional career. The tutoring programme is best tailored to the needs of highly motivated artists who wish to strengthen their artistic foundation, develop their ideas and deepen their practice in a focused, critical environment among peers from around the globe. To facilitate and support their stay in Amsterdam, participants at De Ateliers are able to get access to shared housing, and stipends to cover basic costs of living.
AFAC: Visual Arts
Deadline: 1/4/2022 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Visual Arts grant supports painting, sculpting, photography, installations, audio-video arts, publications (artist book or other publications) and multi-media works of a contemporary and innovative nature. The grant can support exhibitions, visual arts book publications as well as art production. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Performing Arts
Deadline: 1/4/2022 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Performing Arts grant is open to classical, folk, and experimental theatre for all age groups including children and youth; dance performances, including but not restricted to contemporary dance; public intervention performances, street art, live art, interactive and site-specific format, documentary theatre, and festivals. It also supports playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography workshops. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Creative and Critical Writings
Deadline: 1/4/2022 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The Creative and Critical Writings grant provides support to critical writings on the arts and culture, theatrical writings, children and youth literature (including both the adaptation of classical Arabic and international literature as well as original stories), graphic novel, short story, poetry, in addition to online publishing platform. The final product should be in Arabic language. The program provides grants up to a maximum of $20,000 (individuals and teams) and $35,000 (institutions and collectives).
AFAC: Documentary Program
Deadline: 1/4/2022 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to $35,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The AFAC Documentary Program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. The program welcomes submissions of short and medium-length documentary in production and post-production, and feature documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases. The program provides grants up to $10,000 for Development grants, up to $50,000 for Production and $25,000 for Post-production grants.
The Arab Documentary Photography Program
Deadline: 1/4/2022 5:00 PM (Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $5,000
Apply: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Details: The focus of program is to support compelling non-stereotypical and unconventional visual documentation of important social issues and narratives relevant to the Arab region. Photographers may propose to work in a range of non-fiction narrative styles, from classic documentary photography to more experimental visual storytelling, and may propose to include audio and video elements.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival ’22
Deadline: 1/4/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Australia
Duration: —
Apply: Revelation Film Festival
Details: Entering its twenty-fifth year, Revelation is one of Australia’s most unique screen and moving image events. With a focus on independent cinema, international film, cutting edge documentary, emergent talent – both international and Australian, and experimental film.
OPEN FIELDS – Art and Agriculture
Deadline: 1/4/2022
Type: Residency + Competition
Location: Austria
Duration: 2 - 4 weeksApply: Institute for Art in Public Space
Details: A total budget of €100,000 has been earmarked for the project, which will be divided among the individual winners by the competition management depending on the project and the budgeted expense.. The submitted project costs include all costs, meaning those for production, material, technology, assembly and dismantling, any external services, restoration, as well as fees, etc.
The Franklin Furnace Fund
Deadline: 1/4/2022
Type: Grant
Location: USA
Duration: $2,000 - $10,000
Apply: The Franklin Furnace
Details: For early career performance artists who have yet to be substantially celebrated within their field, the media, funding circles, or the public at large and are in the early stages of their creative development. Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply; however, artists selected by the panel are expected to present their work in New York City.
GENERATOR Development Programme
Deadline: 3/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 1 month
Apply: 40mcube
Details: GENERATOR selects four visual artists each year, who have graduated for at least two years, and gives them the means to fully focus on their artistic practice for a period of seven months. GENERATOR selects two to four curators each year for a one-month prospecting trip in Brittany. GENERATOR offers each of them a workspace, production funding and privileged meetings with contemporary art professionals. Research allowance: €1,500 - €3000.
Artistic Developmental Exhibition Program
Deadline: 3/4/2022
Type: Grant Program
Location: UAE
Amount: 10,000 AED
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: Open to UAE-based early-mid career creative practitioners, to recieve support from experienced art educators, interlocutors, and curators for one year towards producing a new body of work to be displayed in 2023. Each practitioner will select an interlocutor to sustain an ongoing dialogue through this process, supported by scheduled group-crits and discussion circles.
Tri-angle France
Deadline: 7/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 13 weeks
Apply: Triangle - Astérides
Details: Provision of an individual workshop, a single room in a shared apartment with the other residents, fees of €1,000. Prior to the residency, Triangle - Astérides undertakes to communicate all the documents of invitations and letters of support necessary for the search for additional funds. Administrative, logistical and curatorial assistance. Workshop visits with professionals are organized throughout the duration of the residency.
Sustaining Embedded Arts Practice
Deadline: 7/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 1 - 2 weeks
Apply: Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto
Details: Up to eight residents will be selected. There is a €280 fee to cover participation in the residency and accommodation whilst in Biella. Participants will cover their travel, food, living costs whilst in Biella. A limited number of part and full bursaries (including travel costs) are available to those that would not otherwise be able to participate.
Solitude Journal 4
Deadline: 10/4/2022
Type: Call for Contributions
Location: Germany
Duration: —
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: The Solitude Journal invites former or current Solitude fellows, authors, thinkers, scholars, journalists, poets, sound and visual artists and experimental artists to reflect upon, explore, question, reimagine and contemplate the following contexts that work with and alongside the project of decolonization and temporalities. Fees are offered after submissions have been reviewed and selected.
EUNIC Small/Medium Grants
Deadline: 10/4/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Egypt
Amount: Up to 80,000 - 285,000 EGP
Apply: EUNIC Egypt
Details: The grants are allocated to individuals or organisations for the development of artistic projects or programmes, including but not only film, music, theatre, literature, dance, visual arts, design and crafts. We encourage projects with gender and youth empowering component. The duration of the submitted project shall be max. 6 months.
Fiminco Foundation Residency
Deadline: 10/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 11 months
Apply: La Fondation Fiminco
Details: Open to artists living in France and abroad, no age limit. The resident will be accommodated in a furnished studio, have access to a working space in spacious collective working studios, will recieve €6,000 production grant throughout the residency, technical support for production, the costs of a round trip, French language courses (if they wish).
Artistic Research Grant
Deadline: 10/4/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: Up to $20,000
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: Open to local and regional early-to-mid-career creative practitioners to support practice-based research investigating contemporary social questions through interdisciplinary methodologies and active engagement. Creative practitioners can work through disciplines including but not limited to visual art and curations, design and technology, literary arts, culinary arts, music, theater and performance.
Voice As Object, Object (H)as Voice
Deadline: 11/4/2022
Type: Residency/Program
Location: Germany
Duration: 3.5 weeks
Apply: FIELD KITCHEN ACADEMY
Details: With 3 modules, the residents will have the opportunity ro pursue experimentation, discussion, trial and error, progression of knowledge, know-how and creativity together. With the support of Goethe-Institut, two scholarships are ofered to successful applicants from DAC countries, including travel expenses, health insurance, accommodation, meals and attendance to public events.
School of Kindness
Deadline: 15/4/2022
Type: Program
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 17 days
Apply: Æther Sofia
Details: Open for artists, writers, poets, scholar, researchers and performers.Tuition fee is €175 for partiicpants from Bulgaria and the Global South, participants finance their own travel and two-week stay. Participants are expected to be present during the full period and give one semi-public presentation during the program.
EHESS at Camargo - Open Call
Deadline: 15/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Camargo Foundation
Details: For scholars and artists, to develop projects at the interface between the social sciences and all arts disciplines with a goal of collaborative production. For the artist: an allowance between €3,700 - €4,000 euros. For the EHESS researcher: only the reimbursement of transportation and per diem. The selected team is provided with an apartment with a fully equipped kitchen and bathroom. Work spaces include: library, art/music studio.
Deadline: 16/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Bethany Arts Community
Details: The Multidisciplinary Residency includes room, board and $225 stipend per week. Visa ot travel costs are not covered. BAC residencies have three important parts: Evening Meals to be attended by all residents; Residency Plan: a plan of action for what will be completed during their time at BAC; Public Component: All residencies must include a public component accessible to the outside community that connects to their residency plan.
Open Call For Researchers & Curators
Deadline: 17/4/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Tunis
Amount: $1,000 - $5,000
Apply: B7L9 - Tunis Art Station
Details: Supporting projects that reflect current approaches in critical thought. The selected candidates will be asked to share their work in the form of publications, exhibitions, and symposia. Projects submitted must be developed within a period of 6 - 18 months. Researchers, curators, writers, and thinkers wishing to develop research, critical thinking and/or curatorial work in Tunisia.
Open Call For Artists
Deadline: 17/4/2022 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Tunis
Amount: $3,000 - $10,000
Apply: B7L9 - Tunis Art Station
Details: This call aims to promote the most current artistic approaches in the Arab world and the Mediterranean. Projects submitted must be developed within a period of 6 - 12 months. Artists from and/or residents in the Arab region and/or the broader Mediterranean willing to develop creative art projects that reflect deep and critical thinking on current issues and concerns.
The Studio Residency Stipend
Deadline: 17/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Bibliothek Andreas Züst
Details: The residency on-site is self-organized. For each recipient of a studio grant, there is a private bedroom with an individual area for workin and a shared studio/rehearsal room available, as well as different areas throughout the Alpenhof for working quietly. Accommodations, meals and use of the studio are free-of-charge, and travel costs are also covered. A request can be made for a subsidy for living costs of up to CHF 500.
The Gornji Grad Residency 2022
Deadline: 20/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Slovenia
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Gornji Grad
Details: The Residency Program is considered as a time entirely dedicated to research and experimentation. We aim to provide artists with the necessary time for qualitative research and to allow for trial and error as well as critical questioning necessary for to develop their artistic practices. Each resident receives: Accommodation + Studio + daily food expenses (€300 per month) + travel expenses to and from the residency (up to €150).
Second Research Grant
Deadline: 27/4/2022
Type: Research Grant
Location: Morocco - Tunisia - Egypt
Amount: $2,000
Apply: African Forum for Social Theater
Details: For all academic and field scholars and group of researchers interested in theatre practices and their social appearances on the African continent, we seek to produce and disseminate knowledge on the issue of social theatre at the level of the African continent, in view of the knowledge deficit in this field and to fill the knowledge gaps in this field of art. Two unpublished papers will be selected in advance in Morocco and Tunisia.
The Drawing Year
Deadline: 28/4/2022
Type: Postgraduate Degree
Location: UK
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Royal Drawing School London
Details: The Drawing Year is a no-fees postgraduate-level course offering up to thirty students the opportunity to focus on drawing from observation for an academic year. The course provides an opportunity for intensive practice and sees drawing both as an end in itself and in relation to other areas of practice.There are no tuition fees for The Drawing Year – all students are awarded a full scholarship and receive a free studio space.
Boot Camp #2 | Visuals ArtsDeadline: 29/4/2022
Type: Program
Location: Tunis
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: African Cultural Fund (ACF)
Details: For 10 young visual artists from Northern Africa; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia, the program aims to support and train them in the development of their artistic approach, to sharpen their theoretical knowledge as well as strengthen their entrepreneurial and professional skills, with particular focus on an international context.
Call For Collectives
Deadline: 30/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Dogo Residenz für Neue Kunst
Details: Looking for collectives consisting of 2-4 cultural practitioners to live and work in the residency for 4 months. A total of 8 spots are available (4 spots from March to June 2023 and 4 spots from August to November 2023). Dogo offers a 5-room apartment, workplace, use of tools and equipment, support in the artistic process, support with fundraising as no fees are offered.
The Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Deadline: 30/4/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 - 8 months
Apply: Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral
Details: The preconditions for applicants are a completed course of study in art (M.F.A. or comparable) and 3 years of continuous artistic work after the conclusion of studies until the beginning of the fellowship. The fellowships are endowed with €1,400 a month plus subsidy to the travel costs for arrival and departure and accommodation.
REAKTOR | Call for ConceptsDeadline: 30/4/2022
Type: Grant + Show
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 week or longer
Apply: REAKTOR Potenziale
Details: The chosen artists will be invited to flesh out and implement their submitted concept either as part of a one week’s residency in summer 2022 or a longer stay for the realisation and production and then showcase it to the public within an exhibition in autumn 2022. A budget of up to €3,500 is available for the exhibition production, together with practical assistance from the REAKTOR’s technical team.
Remote Closeness Art Residency
Deadline: 30/4/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Remote Closeness
Details: Shifting Grounds is a research-based program that explores new approaches in the creation of cultural event formats. It will consist of a research phase, a residency, a series of workshops and round tables, an exhibition and a public program for 2-3 cultural practitioners to participate. Each resident will receive €700 for the duration of the residency.
Tahtawi Master's Scholarship Program
Deadline: 30/4/2022
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Duration: 2 years
Apply: Institut français d'Égypte
Details: The Tahtawi scholarship is intended for Egyptian students wishing to continue their studies in a higher education institution in France. They have the possibility to study in programs taught in French or in English. The selected applicants receive a monthly allowance of €700 for 10 months, an exemption from registration fees in public establishments up to a limit of €5,000, assistance with booking accommodation in university residences and social coverage (social security and health insurance).
March
Pro Helvetia: Studio Residency 2023
Deadline: 1/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: Open for artists and cultural practitioners from the Arab Region. The aim of the residencies is to gain inspiration, to establish networks, to work on projects and to explore new collaborations. Pro Helvetia offers accommodation, travel costs, a daily allowance, local coaching, a workplace (on request) and a contribution to production/material costs (on request).
Prince Claus Seed Awards 2022
Deadline: 1/3/2022
Type: Prize
Location: Netherlands
Amount: €5,000
Apply: Prince Claus Fonds
Details: Prince Claus Seed Awards will support one hundred emerging artists whose innovative work addresses pressing social and/or political issues within their own context with 1-5 of professional experience. They will be awarded with €5000 to develop their artistic practice.
Artist-in-residence at Radar Sofia
Deadline: 1/3/2022 (Round 2)
Type: Residency
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 1+ months
Apply: Radar Sofia
Details: Radar Sofia will provide for each resident; a stipend of €800; Up to €400 for production/presentation (to be spent locally); Up to €200 for travel costs. Open to all performative fields; performing arts makers, playwrights, dramaturges, directors, performers, choreographers, as well as visual artists and curators.
African Photobook of the Year Awards
Deadline: 1/3/2022
Type: Prize
Location: Switzerland
Amount: $3,000 - $20,000
Apply: Eiger Foundation
Details: The Eiger Foundation Photobook of the Year Awards is an annual prize offered to the best photographic publication by a photographer from, or working in, Africa. A prestigious jury of experts on African photography and art will award a prize of $20,000 to the winning book, and $3,000 to four runner ups.
One Minute on Happiness
Deadline: 1/3/2022
Type: Screening Program
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 2 months
Apply: SEA Foundation
Details: We are looking for One Minute digital moving image submissions by artists and visual storytellers on the theme of happiness. The screening of One Minute on Happiness is part of SEA Foundation’s long-term programme on Art and Sustainability, that features four-month themes called ‘folds’. The length of the video is exactly 1 minute.
Internship and Mentorship Program
Deadline: 3/3/2022
Type: Internship
Location: UAE
Duration: —
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: A program for emerging-creative professionals based in the UAE in the bid to provide early careerprofessional preparation and career development through working with the Head of Warehouse421, Programs Manager, Education Manager or Communications Manager. This is a paid internship opportunity.
Contemporary Textile Biennale
Deadline: 5/3/2022
Type: Biennale
Location: Portugal
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Contextile
Details: Acquisition Prize of €6,000 and Honourable Mentions, at the moment of the biennial’s opening. The 50 works of the international exhibition may also be selected, during the biennial, for the ATP Acquisition prize and the ASM Acquisition prize, in the amount of €2.500 each. Will also be accepted and selected 2 artworks for implementation in the outdoors (public space).
Open Screen 2022
Deadline: 7/3/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Online
Duration: —
Apply: Arebyte
Details: Open Screen seeks proposals for existing works that respond to the theme of Sci-Fi. The selected work will be presented on arebyte on Screen, arebyte’s expanded and innovative online platform for digital animations, videos, web-based interactive experiences and curatorial interventions. Selected applicants will receive £300 from arebyte, receive mentoring throughout the programme and their work will be exhibited online.
Rising, Climate in Crisis Residencies
Deadline: 10/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: A Studio in the Woods
Details: Rising Residencies will provide artists with time, space, scholarship and staff support to foster critical thinking and creation of new works. The call is open to artists of all disciplines who have demonstrated an established dialogue with environmental and culturally related issues. Applying artists are asked to describe in detail how the region will affect their work and to suggest ways in which they will engage with the local community.
Cultural/Artistic Projects Grant ProgramDeadline: 14/3/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Morocco
Amount: —
Apply: Ministry of Culture
Details: Grant to support cultural and artistic fields. Music, Choreography, Residencies, Exhibitions, Acquisition of Artworks for Moroccan artists who live in Morocco and abroad.
The CYENS – Thinker Maker Space
Deadline: 15/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Cyprus
Duration: 2 - 24 weeks
Apply: CYENS
Details: The open-call invites individuals from the creative industry (creators, designers, visual artists, academics or others), where art, science and technology co exists and unites. The residency is supported with a monthly stipend allowance of €1,200, expenses for international travel, mobility, accommodation, and nutrition, workshop expenses and materials, and remuneration.
The Bio Art & Design (BAD) Award
Deadline: 15/3/2022
Type: Research / Production Grant
Location: Netherland
Amount: €25,000
Apply: BAD Award
Details: We invite designers and artists interested in bio art & design to propose projects for collaborative work across disciplines. The Bio Art & Design (BAD) Award, existing since 2010, is a yearly €25,000 award. With the budget a maximum of three successful applicants are given the opportunity to fully realize a new work of art or design that pushes the boundaries of scientific research and creative expression.
Misk Art Grant: Saraab
Deadline: 15/3/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Saudi Arabia
Amount: Total of $266,632
Apply: Misk Art Institute
Details: For artists and designers, whether groups or individuals, from the Middle East and North Africa who are offered mentorship programs with a selection of curators and mentors, and receive technical and financial support. The Artworks as part of the program will be showcased in Misk Art Grant’s annual exhibition in December.
Open Call: ACT Festival 2022
Deadline: 15/3/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Spain
Duration: 3 days
Apply: ACT festival
Details: ACT is an international festival for emerging performing artists. The main award: €2,000 for the production of a new project and an invitation to the next edition of the festival to present the awarded piece and/or the possibility to present a new work that is in progress.
Residency Program “AI Anarchies”
Deadline: 17/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Akademie der Künste
Details: The JUNGE AKADEMIE of Akademie der Künste, Berlin, will support six artists in developing new works on the topic “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics” during a six-month residency program at ZK/U in Berlin titled “AI Anarchies.” Each fellowship is awarded with €20,000.
Open Call: Oslo Architecture Triennale
Deadline: 18/3/2022, 12:00 pm (CET time)
Type: Triennale
Location: Norway
Duration: —
Apply: Neighbourhood Index
Details: We welcome realized projects, as well as proposals and competitions entries and other products produced for other contexts within the last five years. The Triennale has basic funding in place but encourages the contributors to propose and seek additional funding streams
The Digital Product Design FellowshipDeadline: 20/3/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Jordan
Duration: 5 months
Apply: Takween
Details: Dedicated to (young and) mid-career designers in Jordan to enhance their expertise as well as resilience and responsiveness in a time of profound challenges. The Fellowship supports each participating designer with a stipend of €480 EUR per month, in order to establish equal economic means to learn. With a focus on physical product design and advanced product design.
The Physical Product Design Fellowship
Deadline: 20/3/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Jordan
Duration: 5 months
Apply: Takween
Details: Dedicated to (young and) mid-career designers in Jordan to enhance their expertise as well as resilience and responsiveness in a time of profound challenges. The Fellowship supports each participating designer with a stipend of €480 EUR per month, in order to establish equal economic means to learn. With a focus on physical product design and advanced product design.
Begehungen 2022
Deadline: 20/3/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Begehungen Festival
Details: We are looking for 20 to 30 works from artists of all genres. Participation is possible both in the form of a 4-week residency and with submitted works. Selected artists will receive €300 and shipping costs. Artists in residence will receive €2,500 and €1,000 for material resources, travel costs, and accommodation.
OPEN CALL ALTOFEST 2022
Deadline: 21/3/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Italy
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: TeatrInGestAzion
Details: Altofest is a shared and extended live performance, in which artists and authors, from different disciplines, have the opportunity to question their artistic processes and works, publicly and collectively. Grantees recieve accommodation with the use of a kitchen, a production grant €1,000 Euro, additional technical and human resources, and a wide promotion of the performances.
La Becque | Artist Residency
Deadline: 22/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 - 6 months
Apply: La Becque
Details: Residents are provided with a live-work apartment, residents will receive a monthly stipend CHF 1,500 to offset the costs of day-to-day living and the cost of materials, comprehensive administrative care, coaching/networking services provided by La Becque’s own team. Travel costs are generally not covered. Depending on financial necessities outlined by the candidate, additional funds may be made available to facilitate travel.
Art Residency: Albalad 2022
Deadline: 26/3/2022 (Round 3)
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hafez Gallery
Details: The program is open to artists, curators, writers (critics and art historians) from Saudi Arabia and worldwide who are at the beginning or middle of their career in the visual arts field. Artists may apply for a production grant ($1300-2600) for the realization of their project.
Art in Public Space
Deadline: 27/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Vienna / Prague / Porto
Duration: 10 - 21 days
Apply: Dream Estate
Details: Artists can apply to one of the cities: Vienna, Prague, and Porto. Each residence provides: Travel budget €150 - €250, accommodation, materialsbudget, stipend €400. At the end of 2022, a final exhibition presenting the results of all residence projects.
100 Days Residency
Deadline: 30/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 100 days
Apply: Artistes en Résidence
Details: the 100-day residency program aims at welcoming artists and researchers of all ages and nationalities to Clermont-Ferrand for a period of 100 days. A stipend, travel costs and accomodation are provided.
Saari ResidencyDeadline: 31/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Finland
Duration: 42 days
Apply: Kone Foundation
Details:Open for individual professional artists, fiction writers, poets and novelists, translators, composers, sound artists, curators and critics and artistic collectives of all disciplines and all nationalities. Includes accommodation, a workroom and a monthly grant (€2,500 / €3,000 / €3,600 per month). Workgroups from Global South are eligible to apply for support for travel expenses.
The Baron Prize
Deadline: 30/3/2022
Type: Prize
Location: UK
Amount: £1,000
Apply: Baron Books
Details: The BARON PRIZE is a biannual award, which recognises projects investigating gender, sex, sexuality and identity politics. The fourth edition is open to artists, filmmakers, photographers working in any medium and from anywhere in the world, over the age of 18 are invited to apply. The winners prize is £1,000 and a £1,000 gift certificate to spend at Baron Books.
The Abbara Program
Deadline: 31/3/2022 (16:00 Beirut time)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to €22,000
Apply: Culture Resource
Details: Abbara enables cultural organizations with financial support of up to €22,000 in funding, training in strategic planning, organizational management, technical support, and networking. It is open to independent, non-governmental cultural initiatives/organizations in the Arab region or those whose work serves artistic and cultural production in Arabic.
Pina Bausch Fellowship
Deadline: 31/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: Variable
Apply: Pina Bausch Foundation
Details:For dancers with university/academic degree in dance and/or two years professional experience with a renowned ensemble. Two funding models support the different formats.: a full-time scholarship of €2,500 per month, or part-time scholarship of € 1,000 per month. The participants themselves must calculate travel costs and state in advance within the application form.
Passage’ AiR programme
Deadline: 31/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Kultur- und Kunstverein Kemberg
Details:For photography & film based applicants. We offer accommodation, travel costs up to €500, a grant of €1000, costs of transportation during the residency up to a maximum of €250, for the female artist-parent, the assumption for travel costs of the child and temporary childcare for the duration of the stay up to a maximum of €500. One residency is reserved for a female artist who is also a mother.
Artist-in-Science-Residence
Deadline: 31/3/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Kultur einer Digitalstadt
Details:Residents are offered a stay in the studio house, access to the cooperating institute and work opportunities in accordance with the proposal, a scholarship totalling €3,000, travel expenses up to €1,000, an exhibition space in which to present during or at the conclusion of the residency, publication and communication of the project via KeD‘s social media.
K-oh-llective: Call for PublicationsDeadline: 31/3/2022
Type: Call for Publications
Location: The SWANA region
Duration: Rolling
Apply: K-oh-llective
Details:K-oh-llective invites artists, writers, art practitioners and curators to submit their art publications to K-oh-llective Library; an archive and an open-source database. We are seeking all kinds of different publications; artist/art books, art theory, zines, exhibition catalogues, research papers, self-published works, etc.
February
Call for Radical Recipes! Histories & Memories!
Deadline: 1/2/2022
Type: Call for contributions
Location: Qatar
Duration: 4 days
Apply: Tasmeem Doha
Details: Radical Recipes is a collection of recipes collected from our community. They are records of memory, identity, heritage and history. They reflect political, social, cultural and geographical contexts and contestations. A curated selection of recipes will be featured on our website, post-event publication and giveaway package.
Magnum Foundation: Counter Histories
Deadline: 1/2/2022
Type: Grant
Location: USA
Amount: $10,000
Apply: Magnum Foundation
Details: Calling for proposals from photographers and artists working with photography, Counter Histories is an initiative supporting projects that creatively reframe the past to engage with questions of the present and future. Up to twelve participants will be selected.
Artist-in-residence at Radar Sofia
Deadline: 1/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 1+ months
Apply: Radar Sofia
Details: Radar Sofia will provide for each resident; a stipend of €800; Up to €400 for production/presentation (to be spent locally); Up to €200 for travel costs. Open to all performative fields; performing arts makers, playwrights, dramaturges, directors, performers, choreographers, as well as visual artists and curators.
2nd Edition Mesnographies
Deadline: 3/2/2022
Type: Festival
Location: France
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Mesnographies
Details: Mesnographies is an emerging photography festival taking place among the green open air setting in the park of Les Mesnuls village (near Paris). The event will expose the work of 20 international photographers, 6 of which from the open call. The theme is portraiture.
Theater Mitu Hybrid Arts Lab
Deadline: 4/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration:10 months
Apply: Hybrid Arts Lab
Details: The Hybrid Arts Lab is a program supporting trans, non-binary, and women artists working at the intersection of performance and technology. This support includes a $5,000 stipend, creation and exhibition space, technical resources, training, and mentorship for the exploration, development, and expansion of their practice and new artwork.
Open Call: Project Room
Deadline: 5/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: USA
Duration: Up to $5,000
Apply: Locust Projects
Details: Locust Projects invites local, national, and international visual artists to apply for the opportunity to access the space and resources to create ambitious, large-scale new work. Selected artists will receive curatorial guidance, a $3500 max production budget, $1500 artist fee, $350 towards roundtrip flights, a private room.
Art Residency: Albalad 2022
Deadline: 5/2/2022 (Round 2)
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hafez Gallery
Details: The program is open to artists, curators, writers (critics and art historians) from Saudi Arabia and worldwide who are at the beginning or middle of their career in the visual arts field. Artists may apply for a production grant ($1300-2600) for the realization of their project.
de Appel: Curatorial Programme 2023
Deadline: 6/2/2022
Type: Study Program
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 10 months
Apply: de Appel
Details: Unfolding through a series of workshops, sessions, meetings, and studio visits, which are punctuated by intensive site visits and research trips, up to six participants will take part in de Appel 2023; local and international curators, artists and cultural practitioners
Cité internationale des arts
Deadline: 6/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: citedesartsparis
Details: The residency is dedicated to choreographers or curators/programmers of performing arts residing outside French territories. Residents are offered a studio with a workplace and a furnished living space, international transportation to and from Paris with a Visa and travel insurance, a grant for living expenses: €1000/mouth, a production grant €1500 euros.
Interference - Young Master Program
Deadline: 6/2/2022
Type: Program
Location: Tunis
Duration: 6 months
Apply: intunis.net
Details: If you are an artist just starting with your career or if you are transiting from studies to professional life, and interested in light and light-based media you are most welcome to apply. We will discuss your ideas, we will assist you in production, we will create an exhibition program, and selected applicants will recieve a grant.
Inspirational Women Artists Open Call
Deadline: 7/2/2022
Type: Exhibition/Auction
Location: UK
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: aspacearts.org.uk
Details: To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, ‘a space’ arts are hosting a silent auction of artworks by female identifying artists, with a two week exhibition. For each artwork sold 50% of the proceeds will go to the artist and 50% will be donated to Yellow Door, a charity that prevents and responds to domestic and sexual abuse.
Sharjah Art Foundation: Production Program
Deadline: 10/2/2022
Type: Production Program
Location: UAE
Amount: Total of $200,000
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: Art practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of art and how it can be experienced. In 2022, we are offering grants to artists working in a range of media, including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist’s books and performance.
KCC Open Call UK x Germany
Deadline: 11/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: UK / Germany
Amount: Up to $800
Apply: Korean Cultural Centre
Details: Exhibition in Germany and the UK. Up to $800 per successful applicant will be provided in support for shipment, standard class travel expense and work production materials only. Promotion, opening ceremony, installation, and de-installation.
Dekoloniale Berlin Residency 2022
Deadline: 11/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Dekoloniale
Details: We invite artists, architects, designers, writers or urban practitioners to uncover and transform historical colonial stratifications in Berlin’s public space. The residents are provided with travel costs, accommodation and a per diem in Berlin throughout the residency period, a production budget for the implementation of the project, and a fee.
Artist Archive Open Call
Deadline: 11/2/2022
Type: Grant Program
Location: UK
Amount: £800 – £3,000
Apply: Siobhan Davies
Details: For dance artists, choreographers, and movement practitioners to return to works that were unfunded or underfunded, had few opportunities to be presented, might otherwise be lost or forgotten, resisted the mainstream. There are 3 strands of Artist Archive to apply for: Live, Material and Digital.
One Beat Virtual Residency
Deadline: 11/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Online
Amount: 2 months
Apply: onebeatvirtual2022
Details: Digitally convening 35 musicians, this fully virtual residency is open to Musicians and sonic artists, ages 19-35. We offer a unique opportunity for mentorship and collaborative exchange, a $1,500 honorarium, and a stipend for equipment.
/ˈtʊərɪst/ in your own home
Deadline: 12/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Online
Prizes: $50 - $150
Apply: thisisastro.com
Details: We are seeking creative works of any discipline, dealing with the question of how someone can experience their own homeland as a tourist, or how the topographical exploration of one’s homeland is different, when one is no longer part of it? There are three cash prizes.
Labrador Current Foodways Residency
Deadline: 13/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Canada
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Fogo Island Arts
Details: This residency will provide an opportunity for an artist, curator, writer, farmer, chef, food historian, forager, eater, or researcher to live and work on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada. A research stipend of 2,000 CAD per month will be provided to support a new or existing project for the selected resident(s).
Tfanen Creation Grants
Deadline: 13/2/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Tunis
Amount: 15,000 - 30,000 TND
Apply:L'Art Rue
Details: The creation grant aims to contribute to the quality and diversity of the creation of artists in Tunisia. It supports artists in their creative process by allowing them to devote time to complete an individual project. For artists whose work has been impacted by the COVID-19 health crisis. The call is open to all artistic disciplines.
Center for Craft Curatorial Fellowship
Deadline: 14/2/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Amount: $5,000
Apply: centerforcraft.org
Details: The Curatorial Fellowship is a yearlong program created to give emerging craft curators a platform to explore and test new ideas about craft. Proposals are welcome from individuals, two-person teams, and collectives. An exhibition budget of $8,000 will be allotted to each Curatorial Fellow
Tell your Story: Open Call
Deadline: 15/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 day
Apply: B'sarya for Arts
Details: B’sarya for Arts in collaboration with She Arts are pleased to launch an open call for photo submissions for “Tell your story” Photography exhibition that will be held on the 8th of March 2022 in the framework of the International Women's Day. All genres, capture types, colour and black & white, digital post-production processes are welcome for submission.
Resonances IV SciArt Summer School
Deadline: 15/2/2022
Type: Summer School
Location: Italy
Duration: 4 days
Apply: S+T+ARTS
Details: Artists across creative disciplines, countries and at any stage of their career are invited to submit an application to participate in the Resonances IV Summer School. The programme reaches out to artists producing work in the rich lands between art and science, whose work engages diverse audiences, and who show strong interest in scientific inquiry. Participants will receive daily allowance, accommodation and reimbursement of travel.
Hybrida AiR 2022
Deadline: 15/2/2022
Type:Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hybrida.Space
Details: The residency covers flights, public transport, food, housing, and it includes a production budget. On completion of the program, each resident will receive a participation/exhibition fee of €2,500. We offer seven artists a chance to work on new individual projects, alongside each other, during six weeks on location in Sweden. The outcomes are presented in a two-week-long exhibition at the end of the residency.
McKinney Art and Design Residency Deadline: 15/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 4 - 6 weeks
Apply: Indiana University
Details: For an established artist or designer whose primary country of residence is outside the United States. Selected artists are required to visit for a 4–6-week period. They will be offered studio space, lodging, and a fellowship of $7,000, and travel costs, health insurance for the length of the appointment, and purchase up to $500 in supplies during the visit.
Call for Artists in Need of Safe Residency
Deadline: 15/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Norway
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Safemuse
Details: We are establishing residencies for artists that are being censored, living under threat or that for various reasons cannot work freely in their place of living. The program covers all costs connected to the artists’ travel and stay in Norway, and will assist in the visa-application process. The program does not open for an extension of stay.
Call for Curators for AIR Celeia
Deadline: 16/2/2022
Type: Slovenia
Location: Residency
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Center for Contemporary Arts
Details: The Center for Contemporary Arts is publishing an open call for collaboration in the AIR Celeia 2022 program, which will enable the selected curator to carry out an in-depth research of the visual art produced in Slovenia and to prepare a curatorial project that will be realized in the Center for Contemporary Arts in 2023. The residency comes with a fee to the artist, space and time.
PACT Zollverein Residencies
Deadline: 16/2/2022
Type: Germany
Location: Residency
Duration: 3 - 6 weeks
Apply: PACT Zollverein
Details: Open to professional artists who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts or music and closely linked to the core strands of activity in presenting work and facilitating research and development. The residency includes: Studio space, accommodation (Max. 4 people), weekly allowance, one-time travel reimbursement, technical equipment and support.
Locally-rooted Knowledge Residency
Deadline: 17/2/2022 (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Duration: 4 months
Apply: CILAS + Dakatra + Esmat
Details: The research residency is open to two residents; nature-lovers who may be farmers, writers, cultural critics, social & animal scientists, (art) historians, artists, educators & environmentalists. The resident could be working with any medium including critical (academic) writing, creative writing, photography, film, performance, or cooking among others.
Juncal Ballestín International Research Grant
Deadline: 18/2/2022
Type: Research/Production Grant
Location: Spain
Amount: €7,000
Apply: Artium Museoa
Details: The object of this call for proposals is to select a research project aimed at the following: to develop the historiography of feminist art within both the Basque Country and international contexts and/or, studying the production of women artists and thinkers linked to the programmes of the Artium Museum and its Collection.
ArtScience Residency 2022
Deadline: 20/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany/Austria
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Ars Electronica
Details: The residency is a fully funded opportunity for artists, designers, or artist collectives to create new dimensions in their artistic practice through encounters with the scientific and corporate world. One artistic project will be supported with this next iteration. The artist wins a residency consisting of €3,000 artist fee, €10,000 production costs, up to €2,500 travel, accommodation and subsistence.
Care in a World We Share with Others
Deadline: 20/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Museo delle Civiltà
Details: Within the residency, it will be important to investigate the contradictions concerning the term curate, as well as preservation (of art, heritage, memories, environment). What we offer: Residency stipend € 4,000 in total, fee for the completed project € 4,000, production costs will be reimbursed for a maximum amount up to € 2,500.
Open Call for Artists, Collectives, and Cultural and Artistic OrganizationsDeadline: 21/2/2022
Type: Call for Performances
Location: Palestine
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Details: KSCC launches this call to our community and friends of diverse artists, cultural practitioners, and cultural and artistic organizations to organize and present artistic performances during the months of February and March 2022 to support our crowdfunding campaign #Support_KSCC.
International Summer School
Deadline: 27/2/2022 (22:00 GMT)
Type: Summer School
Location: Germany
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Más Arte Más Acción (MAMA)
Details: The summer school offers an international and interdisciplinary exchange on resource-extracting societies and the interconnectedness between the global South and Europe. The summer school is free of charge. Participants will need to cover travel, accommodation and living expenses during the days of the summer school. Scholarships are available upon request, subject to DAAD guidelines. The language of the summer school is Spanish.
Forecast Forum 2022 - 2023 Deadline: 27/2/2022
Type: Mentorship Program
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Forecast Platform
Details: Forecast offers artists the chance to work with accomplished mentors to bring their projects to fruition. Participants in Forecast Forum in 2022 will receive 2,000 artist fees, incl. production. The six projects chosen for Forecast Festival in 2023, will receive €6,000 artist fees, and €8,000 production budget. Forecast cover travel and accommodation for one participant per project.
OPEN CALL 2022Deadline: 27/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Czech Republic
Duration: 1 month
Apply: SVĚTOVA 1
Details: The OPEN CALL is aimed at artists 30 years old and younger wanting to work together with their selected artist and other participants on a chosen project. The group shows are planned in these months: Basim Magdy: May / Sharon Van Overmeiren: July / Ai Weiwei: September.
Artist Residency on Exile, Cities and MemoryDeadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 6 months
Apply: global dis:connect
Details: The Centre will pay the successful candidate a stipend to cover accommodation and daily expenses in an amount yet to be determined after decision and a return trip to Munich (economy class). The artist in residence will also have access to a workspace in the Centre’s offices.
Experimance Festival 2022
Deadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 days
Apply: experimance.de
Details: The next Experimance Festival is looking for artistic positions from the fields of sound art and experimental music. Fee for artistic work on account. Travel and transport costs covered up to €120.
Emerging African Artist
Deadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Exhibition
Location: Nigeria
Duration: —
Apply: affinityart.gallery
Details: Affinity Art Gallery is pleased to announce our 2022 Open Call. Emerging African artists are invited to submit their work for consideration in our group exhibition curated by our Guest Curator at the gallery in Lagos, Nigeria. Artists from all backgrounds can submit their work. Artists are welcome to submit works in any medium (painting, photography, printmaking, video & digital art, installations, sculptures, mixed media, etc).
Work/Research Stipend for Artists Deadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: SPIELART Theatre Festival
Details: As part of a cooperation, the SPIELART Theatre Festival and ARTIST IN RESIDENCE MUNICH, Villa Waldberta, are offering a 3-months long work and research residence. The guest performance artists will receive a monthly stipend of €1,200, accommodation, and the costs for monthly public transport tickets will be reimbursed. Travel expenses to and from Munich will be paid by the SPIELART Theatre Festival.
The New Centre for Research & Practice Scholarship
Deadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Scholarship
Location: Online
Duration: 2 years
Apply: The New Centre
Details: Applications should include a writing sample and a cover letter explaining your interests and need for financial relief. Applicants from the Global South will automatically be considered for a 50 percent scholarship. Currently, half of our full scholarship recipients are from the Global South, and half are women.
Working Title Film Festival 6
Deadline: 28/2/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Italy
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Working Title Film Festival
Details: The aim of the Festival is to encourage, through cinema and audiovisual arts and expressions, a reflection on the issues related to Work, especially in contemporary society, and on the relevant political and social context.
January
Art OMI: Dance and Music
Deadline: 2/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Art OMI
Details: Art OMI has distinct residency programs. Through a jury process, residents are chosen, invited to attend at no cost, except travel. Catered meals and comfortable lodgings are provided. Located in Columbia County, New York—two hours north of New York City by train.
Zawya Shorts VIDeadline: 3/1/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Zawya Cinema
Details: The selected films will be reviewed by jury members and will be competing for awards (Awards will be announced later). Film duration: minimum 4 minutes maximum 25 minutes; Submissions are open for filmmakers residing in Egypt and Egyptian filmmakers residing abroad.
À l'œuvre! Production Support ProgramDeadline: 3/1/2022
Type: Production Program
Location: France
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Lafayette Anticipations
Details: Four artists in France and abroad will be selected to develop their proposal in the Foundation’s production, publishing, and video-editing workshops. Artists will receive support from the production team, a production grant of €1,500, a fee of €1,000 (€500 per month for two months).
Radical ProjectsDeadline: 7/1/2022
Type: Call for submissions
Location: Doha
Duration: 4 days
Apply: Tasmeem Doha
Details: An open call for professionals and creatives to submit current or previous work for a group exhibition held during Tasmeem Doha: Radical Futures at VCUarts Qatarin March 2022 with the theme “The Classroom & Beyond”. Projects can be physical, digital, conceptual, performed, presented, or any other possibility.
Villa Medici: Open Call for Fellows
Deadline: 7/1/2022, at 12:00 pm CET
Type: Fellowship
Location: Italy
Duration: 12 months
Apply: villamedici.it
Details: Open to established French-speaking artists, authors and researchers, from all disciplines, regardless of nationality; Villa Medici provides accommodation and studio as well as a monthly allowance of €1,500.
Radical WorkshopsDeadline: 7/1/2022
Type: Call for workshops
Location: Doha
Duration: 2 days
Apply: Tasmeem Doha
Details: We invite you to apply to lead a workshop for the 2021 edition of TASMEEM! The conference will be held from 7-10 March 2022 at VCUarts Qatar. Each workshop leader is responsible for outlining any specific materials and special requirements needed to lead the workshop with 20 participants.Each workshop leader will receive $1,000.
35th European Media Art Festival
Deadline: 7/1/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 5 days
Apply: EMAF
Details: Films, videos, installations and performance projects or expanded media works – we look forward to receiving your entries for the European Media Art Festival No. 35! EMAF pays artist fees for all works selected for the festival.
Al Mawred Al Thaqafy: Job Opportunity
Deadline: 7/1/2022
Type: Program Coordinator
Location: Lebanon
Start date: 1/2/2022
Apply: mawred.org
Details: Tasks and responsibilities; Administrating the programs’ full process; Preparing workshops and programs events; Supporting Programs Managers; Finalizing grant contracts of program beneficiaries. Must have Bachelor degree in management, social sciences, and/or humanities.
Vyksa Artist in Residency
Deadline: 9/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Russia
Duration: 4- 8 weeks
Apply: vyskaair
Details: Production grant up to RUB 40,000, accommodation: a bedroom with an en-suite in the Vyksa AiR building, an artist studio, and up to RUB 20,000 for materials and equipment. Additional expenses: Vyksa AiR reimburses travel costs of up to RUB 5,000 which usually covers train tickets.
Imagining Low-Carbon Futures
Deadline: 9/1/2022
Type: Program
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 6 months
Apply: janvaneyck.nl
Details: For Artists based in the Netherlands; total budget: €15,000. The artist will have a desk at the Urban Futures Studio (Utrecht Science Park). Access to experts from various backgrounds and disciplines from Utrecht University and beyond, access to the university library and other resources.
Art Residency: Albalad 2022 Deadline: 10/1/2022 (Round 1)
Type: Residency
Location: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hafez Gallery
Details: The program is open to artists, curators, writers (critics and art historians) from Saudi Arabia and worldwide who are at the beginning or middle of their career in the visual arts field. Artists may apply for a production grant ($1300-2600) for the realization of their project.
Our Teaching Takes Shape As We Go Deadline: 13/1/2022
Type: Call for submissions
Location: Morocco
Word limit: 2,000 - 2,500 words
Apply: OTTSASWEGO
Details: We are inviting proposals for new or unpublished contributions such as essays (2,000 - 2,500 words, including experimental writing), photographic works, poems, and/or other preferred formats; with a focus on the subject matter, to be published in “Our Teaching Takes Shape As We Go”.
Mophradat: Writing SabbaticalsDeadline: 15/1/2022
Type: Grant
Location: Belgium
Amount: $600 - $1,300 /month
Apply: Mophradat
Details: Mophradat is supporting emerging creative writers from the Arab world working in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The participant would receive an amount determined by Mophradat based on the local living costs in the writer’s country of residence, and covers a period from one month up to three months, depending on the writer’s need.
a.pass: post-graduate associated research Deadline: 15/1/2022
Type: Program
Location: Belgium
Duration: 4 months
Apply: a.pass.be
Details: a.pass offers a collaborative environment for the development of artistic research. Five to six researchers join the Research Center for a one year cycle. They are accompanied by three Research Curators that consecutively take care of the center. The tuition fee for the a.pass programs is fixed at €1,200.
Culture Resource: Wijhat
Deadline: 15/1/2022, 16:00 Beirut Time
Type: Mobility Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to €7,000
Apply: Mawred.org
Details: Individuals or groups; Artists of all artistic disciplines and cultural actors; To participate in: artistic and cultural fairs, artistic residencies, forums, conferences, seminars, workshops; Travelling from an Arab country to another Arab country/outside this region; From a non-Arab country to an Arab country; to cover travel tickets, visa costs, accommodation and transportation.
MAR: Research Residencies
Deadline: 15/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 3 - 6 months
Apply: hablarenarte.com
Details: Six residencies for researchers, artists, curators, and cultural managers, produce a set of initiatives for collective reflection, research and archive around experiences of pedagogy, criticism, experimental mediation and alternative institutionality. The endowment will be €5,000 (individuals) or €10,000 (collectives). Applicants can opt for face-to-face or virtual residencies.
25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humour and Satire in Art
Deadline: 17/1/2022
Type: Biennale
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Humour House
Details: Under the theme Economy of Means, artists are invited to submit works in two categories; cartoons and contemporary art. Works will be shown in two juried exhibitions. 2 prizes will be awarded in each category ranging from €1,500 - €5,000.
Landskrona Foto Festival 2022
Deadline: 18/1/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Scandinavia
Duration: 17 days
Apply: Landskrona
Details: Looking for bodies of work exploring photographic practices engaged in activism, photography of protest, art as a provocation, and social justice engagement. Winners receive an exhibition during Landskrona Foto Festival; Artistic fee €400; Reimbursement of travel costs up to €300; Accommodation; Landskrona Foto Festival will cover the production costs for the exhibition.
Artist Research Fellowship
Deadline: 18/1/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: The Folger Institute
Details: The Folger Institute Artist Research Fellowship is open to artists working in all media whose work would benefit from significant primary research. This includes, but is not limited to, visual artists, writers, dramaturgs, playwrights, performers, filmmakers, and composers. All Artist Research Fellowships will be non-residential. Awards are $3,500 for four weeks of work away from the Folger.
Open Call for Curators
Deadline: 18/1/2022
Type: Biennial
Location: Russia
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Moscow Biennale for Young Art
Details: For curators aged between 18 - 35, regardless of place of birth and actual residence, to submit a new curatorial project with artists aged between 18 - 35. The submitted proposal must be new, created specially for the Moscow Biennale, and never exhibited before. The biennale bears the costs of installation, production and creation of new artworks, as well as travel and accomodation for artists who need to be present in Moscow for the creation of their works.
Open Call: Self-led Residency
Deadline: 20/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan
Duration: 9 months
Apply: MMAG Foundation
Details: For artists, curators, or researchers based in Jordan and the region in need of a safe, private space and communal working environment that nurtures their artistic motivations. The nine-month program will provide ten residents with a private studio space, living space, and access to the various labs and studios at the foundation, constant support and guidance by the MMAG team. The program will also facilitate a research trip abroad for each resident.
Villa Albertine Residency 2
Deadline: 20/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 1 - 3 months
Apply: Villa Albertine
Details: Selected residents with recieve a residency allowance covering everyday expenses (meals, local transport, etc). As a guide, this allowance amounts to $100 per diem in New York City; International and domestic travel costs; Accommodations; Car rental (in sprawling cities or if the nature of the project requires car rental); Health, public liability, and repatriation insurance. Villa Albertine is currently unable to host a resident who comes with his/her family.
Art Time Residencies: Music
Deadline: 20/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Uganda
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Mophradat
Details: Applicants must be from the Arab world. The invited resident(s) will have access to professional recording studios and equipment, private accommodation, shared kitchen. In addition to the aforementioned, Mophradat will provide the selected resident(s) with economy return airfares, and per diems, and reimburse visa costs and any required COVID-19 tests.
Thami Mnyele Residency Award
Deadline: 20/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Thami Mnyele Foundation
Details: There are two residency programs: the Full Residency Program and the Short Residency Program to artists from Africa. A monthly allowance of €850 which covers the costs for living and materials, travel costs to and from Amsterdam, medical and legal liability insurance for the period of stay, assistance in applying for visa, and an introduction to the Dutch art world and access to the Foundation’s extensive network.
AfA WorkshopsDeadline: 21/1/2022
Type: Workshop
Location: Online
Duration: 5 days
Apply: afamasterclass.org
Details: The Language is Never on the Ground will include online workshops and guest lectures by a suite of international artists. Ten early career artists (including groups and collectives, musicians, activists, and cultural professionals) across all disciplines will be selected and will be eligible for the AfA Micro-Grant as successful applicants will with a $50 donation pooled into a traceable online Group Fund.
S1 | Chatsworth Residency 2022
Deadline: 25/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: UK
Duration: 1 month
Apply: S1.artspace
Details: Forartists, collectives and creative practitioners, a residency followed by a subsequent exhibition. Studio space and accommodation will be provided, £5,000 fee, £1,500 research budget, £500 towards travel costs (up to £1,500 for international applicants). The production cost of new work for the subsequent exhibition will be secured against the selected applicants proposal.
WHW Akademija 2022: New Cycle, New Compasses
Deadline: 25/1/2022
Type: Study Program
Location: Croatia
Duration: 6 months
Apply: WHW Akademija
Details: Experimental, interdisciplinary, tuition-free art study program. Online programme and one week on site intensive programme in May in Zagreb. WHW Akademija is open for 8 to 15 international participants. Participants receive financial support during the program; A monthly scholarship of €350; Program related costs; Travel costs. The working language is English.
Fellowship Program for Art and Theory
Deadline: 28/1/2022
Type: Fellowship
Location: Austria
Duration: 9 months
Apply: Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen
Details: A money award of €3,700; an individual studio for working and living, furnished with a large shared kitchen; a production budget for the realization of the submitted proposal; a budget for inviting experts to Büchsenhausen for the purpose of professional exchange; a budget for (at least partially) covering the own travel costs (in relation to the Fellowship Program).
Frankfurt Moves! Residency Program
Deadline: 30/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Frankfurt Lab
Details: The programme is aimed at professional international emerging artists working in performing arts, must have been trained in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the MENA region. Benefits of the programme: A fee of €3,000, Accommodation for 1-2 persons; Travel expenses; €800 material costs; Professional rehearsal space; Workshop presentation; Dramaturgic and technical support.
Little Islands Festival
Deadline: 30/1/2022
Type: Festival
Location: Greece
Duration: 9 months
Apply: Little Islands Fest
Details: Participants in the category of live acts, site-specific projects and workshops will receive support; In travelling costs, accommodation and technical equipment; With any applications to secure additional funding. Participants in the category of screenings will have discounted costs for accommodation and ferry tickets from Piraeus to Sikinos and back.
Elizabeth A-i-R: Photography Residency
Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Hungary
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Elizabeth A-i-R
Details: An open call for photographers and artists working in the medium of photography; Upon arrival to Budapest the artist will be granted a fee of €1,000 for living expenses and another €1,000 for the production of a pop-up exhibition at a downtown Budapest venue. Elizabeth A-i-R covers travel expenses up to €500.
The Christo and Jeanne Claude Award
Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Prize
Location: UAE
Amount: $10,000
Apply: NYUAD Art Gallery
Details: The award is given for creation of an artwork that, in the spirit of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, can be publicly exhibited and enjoyed in any form: Photography, film, land art, sculpture, painting, illustration and multi-media. Work can be shown inside or outside. To be eligible entrants must be a resident of the UAE.
BB12 Curators WorkshopDeadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Workshop
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months + 7 days
Apply: berlinbiennale.de
Details: For early-career curators, educators, and other practitioners of any age; Invited participants will have the opportunity to work with curators, speakers, Berlin Biennale staff, and invited contributors. Berlin Biennale will provide travel and accommodation expenses, per diem, and access to all workshop and exhibition venues.
Kunstraum Lakeside: Statements 2022
Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Performative Format
Location: Austria
Duration: 3 days
Apply: Kunstraum Lakeside
Details: Kunstraum Lakeside invites artists and cultural practitioners to participate in its 2022 program with their own “Statement”, and provides €1000 of production funding per “Statement”, including fees, travel, and accommodation expenses. Three production days are available for the realization of each “Statement”.
PATH-AI Residency ProgrammeDeadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Japan
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Somersethouse
Details:For artists of all ages and from any discipline, with min. 5 years of practice. Selected residents will be provided with an artist fee £5,000; Production budget £5,000; Curatorial and artist development support; A dedicated mentor; Regular advisory meetings with researchers from The Alan Turing Institute; Artist Outcome: online work + screen based element to be shown at Somerset House.
Open Call: New Horizons
Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Exhibition + Prize
Location: UK
Duration: 1 week
Apply: The Holy Art
Details:Artists from all countries are welcome to submit their works in any medium. The gallery keeps 0% commission from any sold work. 100% of funds go to the artist. PRIZES: 1st ans 2nd Prizes - Participation in Physical Exhibition in London, and 3rd Prize - Solo Virtual Exhibition.
Petrohradská Kolektiv: AiR 2022Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Residency
Location: Czech Republic
Duration: 4 - 6 weeks
Apply: Petrohradska Kolektiv
Details:The residency program is intended for active artists, creators, and theoreticians, who desire independence and want space and technical support for working on their projects with the theme Transformation. We can offer accommodation and a studio in the Petrohradská kolektiv complex, covering the travel and material costs (up to €200), technical support and consultation, and an exhibition in Jedna Dva Tři Gallery.
K-oh-llective: Call for Publications
Deadline: 31/1/2022
Type: Call for Publications
Location: The SWANA region
Duration: Rolling
Apply: K-oh-llective
Details:K-oh-llective invites artists, writers, art practitioners and curators to submit their art publications to K-oh-llective Library; an archive and an open-source database. We are seeking all kinds of different publications; artist/art books, art theory, zines, exhibition catalogues, research papers, self-published works, etc.
December
DAAD Artists-in-Berlin ProgramDeadline: 1/12/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 year
Apply: berliner-kuenstlerprogramm
Details: For Filmmakers, Writers and Composers/Sound Artists, monthly grant installments for living expenses/rent, furnished apartment, travel expenses also for spouse/children who will be staying in Berlin for the entire duration. If required: health, accident and long-term care insurance, German language lessons (optional).
Jan van Eyck Residencies
Deadline: 1/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 11 months
Apply: janvaneyck.nl
Details: For artists, writers, curators, architects, and designers. The academy provides each selected participant with a private studio and guidance of our advisers. Participants receive a monthly stipend of €1,000 and a working budget of €2,000 annually. Artists with families are welcome to apply.
Artist Residency Huet Repol Deadline: 1/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 8 weeks
Apply: Residence Huet Repolt
Details: Financial support will be granted to the artist for his/her production, for an amount of €1,500. In addition the reimbursement, total or in part, of travel expenses, can be agreed depending on the artist's place of origin. Artists wishing to be accompanied by their family may apply.
Garten 7
Deadline: 1/12/2021
Type: Exhibition
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Garten 7
Details: We are looking for sculptures, installations, etc. up for exhibition at Garten 7. We willoffer subsidies for material, labor, travel expenses, etc. as well as support with construction, transport, etc.
SOFACO: Call For Proposals #6
Deadline: 5/12/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Mali
Amount: €3,000
Apply: Africa Culture Fund
Details: For artists with at least five years of experience, practicing and residing in Africa; ACF supports requests in the following two categories of projects: Applications for subsistence grants or Requests for assistance to creation. The funding covers a period between 4 - 6 months.
CCA-WRI Research Fellowship Program Deadline: 6/12/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Canada
Duration: 2 months
Apply: CCA
Details: Each Fellow receivesprivate office, monthly stipend ofCAD5,000 and travel expenses. Fellows are expected to present their work publicly and participate in discussions, seminars, and workshops and engage with the CCA staff and local architectural community.
Propaganda: Open Call for Artistic Projects
Deadline: 8/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Georgia
Duration: 9 weeks
Apply: propaganda.network
Details:In the frames of the support, Propaganda will provide: GEL 4,000 for production and/or honorarium; studio space (if needed); curatorial assistance (if needed); PR campaign for the project. Applicant is free in selecting the medium and presentation format for the project, including the venue.
Henry Moore Grants
Deadline: 9/12/2021
Type: Grant
Location: UK
Amount: up to £20,000
Apply: The Henry Moore Foundation
Details:Henry Moore Grants supports sculpture and seeks to fund research that expands the appreciation of sculpture, through new projects, commissions, acquisitions and funding research and publications.
Fellowship Ch[a]rita 2022
Deadline: 10/12/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Morocco
Duration: 4 months
Apply: LE 18 Marrakech
Details: Open to artists, curators, researchers based in, or working on Morocco, and resonating territories, to propose a form of partial rendering of an ongoing research during a public programme planned for May 2022. The selected projects will be granted MAD 9,000 for conception, research/development, post-production/installation.
Mattress Factory 2021
Deadline: 10/12/2021
Type: USA
Location: Residency
Duration: 18 - 24 months
Apply: mfioc2021.artcall.org
Details: Selected artists are offered an honorarium of $5,000, a basic production and material budget, grant writing for project development, transportation to and from Pittsburgh, and accommodation in Mattress Factory residences.
UNIDEE Labs 2022
Deadline: 12/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Italy
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: cittadellarte.it
Details:There is a €280 fee for participation in the lab (or €420 for both) and accommodation (cleaning and sanitation) whilst in Biella. Participants will be required to arrange and cover their own travel to/from Biella and food/living costs whilst in Cittadellarte.
Wild Bits
Deadline: 12/12/2021
Type: Residency/Exhibtion
Location: Estonia
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: wildbits.ee
Details:Selected projects receive an artist fee of €2,000 and a travel grant. The average budget per project is €5,000. The production will be assisted by organizers by providing production facilities, tools, local manufacturing partners, specialized know-how and a smoke sauna experience.
Transforming Bricks and Mortar Residency
Deadline: 12/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 8 weeks
Apply: Konsthall C
Details:You will receive a monthly salary of SEK 29,580 / month before tax.Accommodation, travel and covid-tests are paid for by Konsthall C. You will stay in our Research Station around the corner from Konsthall C. It’s a compact “tiny-house” suitable for one person.
Performing artists residency: BUDA/ NEXT
Deadline: 15/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 1 - 3 weeks
Apply: Mophradat
Details: BUDA (max. 3 collaborators); covered is travel, visa costs, per diem, accommodation and meals. NEXT Festival (max. 4 collaborators); covered is travel and visa costs, per diem, and honoraria, in addition to production costs, and a presentation fee for the performance at NEXT Festival.
The CYENS – Thinker Maker Space
Deadline: 15/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Cyprus
Duration: 2 - 24 weeks
Apply: CYENS
Details: The open-call invites individuals from the creative industry (creators, designers, visual artists, academics or others), where art, science and technology co exists and unites. The residency is supported with a monthly stipend allowance of €1,200, expenses for international travel, mobility, accommodation, and nutrition, workshop expenses and materials, and remuneration.
Aichi University of the Arts Residency
Deadline: 17/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Japan
Duration: 30-100 days
Apply: aigeiweb
Details: Focus Area is Fine Arts (painting, sculpture, installation, print making, design, photography, film, etc. Production: fees and living expenses : 500,000 yen is paid to the artist by installments. Travel expenses. fully-furnished accommodation and a studio on campus are provided.
Cove Park: Funded Residencies
Deadline: 20/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Scotland
Duration: 4 - 12 weeks
Apply: Parallel Structures
Details:Cove Park’s residencies support research, the development of existing and new projects, collaboration, interdisciplinary practice, and the production of new work and ideas. These residencies are funded and each artist participating in this programme will receive a fee of £450 per week (incl. travel and materials allowance).
Parallel: Curatorial Commissions
Deadline: 22/12/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Australia
Duration: 2 years
Apply: Parallel Structures
Details:Parallel and the Murray Art Museum Albury will commission six participants to produce new projects. $7,000 curator fee, all fees, including artists fees, artwork loans, installation and/or public programs costs, to support your curatorial project. Travel costs including transport, accommodation and per diems.
Un|Controlled Gestures
Deadline: 23/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Egypt
Amount: €2,000
Apply: The Goethe-Institut
Details:Open call for choreographic projects from the Arabic speaking countries. It proposes to select ten artists from and based in the Arabic speaking countries. Each artist will be creating a choreographic project centred on notions of autonomy and body politics. We provide financial support for the productions and accompanies artists from conception to implementation.
Whippersnapper Open Call 2022
Deadline: 30/12/2021
Type: Project Grant
Location: Canada
Apply: Whippersnapper
Details:We invite you to explore process-based modes of learning to resist ideas of perfection in art-making and presentation. Whippersnapper is committed to paying fair fees to artists, curators, and other cultural producers. We will work with you to submit any additional project funding, and in this process emerging artists will gain grant writing skills that can be applied to future projects.
Brewers Towner International 2022
Deadline: 31/12/2021
Type: Exhibition
Location: The UK
Duration: 4 months
Apply: townereastbourne.org.uk
Details:Submissions from professional artists working in all media are welcome. Featuring both British and International artists, the Brewers Towner Award of £10,000 will be awarded to one of the exhibiting artists, and all
Sihl Delta Artist Residency 2022
Deadline: 31/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 4 - 10 months
Apply: sihldelta.ch
Details:Two spacious rooms, totaling 80 sqm, an initial grant of CHF 2000 that can be used at free will, and a small production budget for an exhibition at Sihl Delta as well as equipment. Accommodation is not provided.
Parallel Voices 2022Deadline: 30/12/2021
Type: Festival
Location: Greece
Application fee: €15
Apply: Photometria Festival
Details:Participants are asked for one (1) portfolio of fifteen (15) photographs, of which eight (8) will be selected. Through them, the photographer will deal with a topic of his preference, an idea or even the narration of a story. The best nine (9) portfolios that will be selected will be the material of the exhibition entitled “Parallel Voices”, for 2022.
Cryptic Species - Listening to the Unseen
Deadline: 31/12/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Cima Città
Details:Two weeks free stay on the Cima Città site
Support per project: CHF 500 for travel expenses or working materials;Overnight accommodation for a maximum of 14 people (seven double rooms), various common spaces; Use of work-, rehearsal- and presentation spaces; Per diems cannot be covered.
3rd Toronto Arab Film FestivalDeadline: 31/12/2021
Type: Festival
Location: Canada
Duration: 3 days
Apply: filmfreeway.com
Details:TAF began because of a need to fill a void that exists in film programming in Toronto, specifically a lack of films from the Arab regions and a desire to reinstate a tradition of going out to watch films that has been lost.
Machi Mashy: Call for ParticipantsDeadline: 31/12/2021
Type: Workshop
Location: Cairo, Rabat, or Online
Duration: 2 days
Apply: Machi Mashy
Details: A workshop for those generally interested in language, dialects and colloquials; artists, writers, translators, linguists, among others from the Arabic-speaking lands. The workshops will take place by mid-January 2022 in Cairo, Rabat or Online. Limited number of participants; Selected participants will receive an honorarium for their contributions. Get in touch with us via: machimashy@gmail.com
November
Mentorship Building BeyondDeadline: 1/11/2021
Type: Mentorship program
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Stimulerings Fonds
Details: For creatives, designers, artists, thinkers or architects from Africa. Four mentors will guide the mentees, offer monthly online masterclasses, and peer-group sessionsand a visitor's programme in the Netherlands. 12 scholarships of €10,000 each will be granted to work on the concept for a body of work.
Emmanuel College Artist in ResidenceDeadline: 1/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 months
Apply: emmanuel.edu
Details: For artists in one of the four categories: ceramics, photography, printmaking and social practice. Artists will receive a stipend of $1,000. International artists may receive travel costs and visa up to an additional $1,000. Lodging is provided in the college dorms, with access to a small kitchen.
BBBank Projection Mapping Prize Deadline: 2/11/2021
Type: Prize
Location: Germany
Amount: €10,000
Apply: zkm.de
Details: The proposal should engage with the history of technology that relates to Karlsruhe. The Grand Prize is 10,000 Euro (plus production costs), the second and third prizes are 5,000 Euro and 2,000 Euro, respectively. ZKM will provide curatorial support and technical assistance.
AiR Goyki 3
Deadline: 4/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Poland
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Gyoki3
Details: For creators of visual art, writers, performance artists and individuals involved in the popularisation of science from Poland and abroad. Will have access to an atelier, networking with the local art scene, arranging meetings/visits to institutions relevant to residents’ profiles, curatorial support, project implementation costs for two residents up to the amount of PLN 8,000 gross per resident.
Between the Rains
Deadline: 5/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 12 weeks
Apply: Art Inside Out
Details: Art Inside Out invites you to an artistic residency where “ecological literacy” is used as point of departure. Each accepted artist will receive equivalent to SEK 138,000 for a 12 week long residency, and a production budget of SEK 20,000. Art Inside Out covers associated costs such as travel, housing, workspaces and process management.
Zaratan AIR 2022 - Annual GrantDeadline: 10/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Portugal
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Zaratan
Details: Once a year Zaratan offers a 4-week residency grant, which covers the studio and accommodation fees for one artist selected through the applications process. Emerging and professional artists, performers, musicians, curators, writers and other cultural agents are eligible to apply.
School of Commons 2022Deadline: 14/11/2021
Type: Call for projects
Location: Switzerland/Online
Duration: 10 months
Apply: School of Commons
Details: Looking for groups, duos and individuals who want to collaboratively and actively shape the programme and content of the SoC year 2022. We can offer support in the form of guidance, a project budget, and a wonderful community of peers to help shape the educational environment you’d like to be a part of.
MEP ResidenceDeadline: 14/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: MEP
Details: The purpose of this residency is to support young African artists and highlight practices that explore new forms of photography. The recipient will be receive a studio with a work-place and a furnished living-place (bedroom, shower , kitchen, wifi), located in the heart of Paris, as well as artistic and professional guidance: access to the networks and documentary resources of the three partners.
Web Residencies No. 17Deadline: 15/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Online
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: akademie-solitude.de
Details: Artists are invited to experience, explore and enjoy taking a restful break in a utopian space of possibility from an intersectional and queer feminist perspective. This call is rewarded with a four-week residency and a 750-euro grant. Artists and students of all disciplines as well as former or current Solitude fellows may apply. There is no age limit.
The Cité Internationale des ArtsDeadline: 15/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 or 6 months
Apply: Institut Français
Details: Candidates must necessarily be supported by one or more cultural partners. The associated partner(s) must carry out the application process for the artist, and finance the artist's travel, provide a living allowance (700€ per month, minimum) and other expenses (visa, insurance…), and carry out the process of submitting the artist's application.
EMMA: Designers in ResidenceDeadline: 15/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Kreativzentrum Pforzheim
Details: Fully equipped workplaces in the workshops will be available for the scholarship holders use, as well as accommodation for the period of the scholarship. In addition, each scholarship holder receives a monthly support and covering of travel expenses. The results of the work fellowship will be presented in an exhibition at the EMMA – Creative Center Pforzheim.
Focal Point Publishing Grant
Deadline: 15/11/2021
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: Total of $30,000
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: Publishing and distribution support will be awarded to multiple grantees in three categories: long-form essays, reproduction of small publications and experimental publications. This grant supports a broad range of books on modern and contemporary art, including artist books, catalogues and scholarly volumes.
Berliner Festspiele: Stückemarkt 2022Deadline: 17/11/2021
Type: Festival
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Berliner Festspiele
Details: One of the invited artists or groups will be awarded the Stückemarkt Commission of Work, with a sum of €10,000 dedicated to the production of a new work with a partner theatre in Germany. The festival covers payment of travel costs, public transport transfer within Berlin and hotel accommodation.
Repairing the Present
Deadline: 21/11/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: EU
Amount: Up to €40,000
Apply: S+T+ARTS
Details: A program that includes a 6-month fellowship starting in February 2022, and multiple exhibitions and events. Support includes up to €40,000 budget for the 21 selected artists to cover the artist fee and other fellowship related costs (including but not limited to: artwork/prototype production, transportation to joint Prototyping Park exhibitions, travel and accommodation expenses, insurance).
Municipal Art Acquisitions 2022
Deadline: 22/11/2021
Type: Call for acquisitions
Location: The Netherlands
Apply: Stedelijk
Details: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam organizes an Open Call entitled 'Guna-Guna: Design, Contemporary Art and Diasporic Magic'. It will be followed by a jury selection and a group exhibition, parts of which will be acquired for the collection of the museum. It is intended for designers and artists working and/or living in the Netherlands, regardless of nationality. Existing works, works in progress and new works to are eligible for submission.
Collide Residency Award
Deadline: 22/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Geneva, Barcelona
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Arts at CERN
Details: The aim if the residency is nurture dialogue between art and science. The selected residents will be offered 15,000 Swiss Francs as a research and artistic production award. Personal allowance for two months at CERN in Geneva and one month in Barcelona. Travel and accommodation costs within a fixed budget for the three months of the artistic residency at CERN and in Barcelona.
Audiovisual Residency 2022
Deadline: 22/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Goethe Belgium
Details: We are looking for four motivated filmmakers from the Arab diaspora based in Belgium to produce their own short documentary film in Belgium during 2022. Each film will get a total budget of €2000 for production. A per diem is provided by the Goethe institute for expenses during the resident (eligible expenses are limited to lodging, food and local transport).
Culture Resource: Production AwardDeadline: 25/11/2021 (extended)
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: Up to €13,000
Apply: Mawred.org
Details: For artists and writers from the Arab region, under 35, grants that enable them to produce their first creative projects. Grants of up to €8,500 for projects in: literature, music, performing arts and visual arts and of up to €13,000 for projects in: cinema and video. Every year, 20 projects are selected for the grants.
BAR TOOL#4:Common study program
Deadline: 28/11/2021
Type: Study program
Location: Barcelona + Online
Duration: 6 Months
Apply: Bar Project
Details: A practice-based training program that will take place offline and online. The starting point for this year’s program is the multi-layer project “If I could wish for something” by Dora García and the ideas it conveys about love and solidarity as ways for emancipation. Tuition for the whole program is €250.
Akademie Schloss FellowshipsDeadline: 30/11/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 12 months
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: Living/working studio, amonthly fellowship grant of €1,200, travel expenses for arrival and departure (on a one-time basis). The Akademie also offers: transport expenses subsidy for the carriage of materials, tools, instruments and books to Stuttgart and from Stuttgart to the fellow’s home town, project funding and one-off materials subsidy.
Leonardo RebootedDeadline: 30/11/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Spain/France
Amount: €5,000
Apply: quoartis.org
Details: A grant to support Art & Science projects through the production of two artworks that must be presented in digital or video format. This are two categories: "Artificial Intelligence & Quantum Computing" and "Synthetic Biology". The selected proposals will receive a total sum of €5,000 —to cover the artist fee and production costs.
Amant Residency Deadline: 30/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Amant Foundation
Details: Residents receive round-trip economy flights to New York and airport transfers as well as a monthly expense allowance of $3,000 US to offset the costs of accommodation, transport, and day-to-day expenses. Please be advised that the Amant studios are not residential.
Fondation Fiminco: Curatorial ResidencyDeadline: 30/11/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 6 Months
Apply: Fondation Fiminco
Details: The curator resident will be accommodated in a furnished studio, will recieve €10,000 research grant as well as €20,000 production grant for exhibitions and other types of events organized by the curator during the residency program. The artists in residency’s exhibition will also benefit from a complementary budget.
October
Rijkakademie Residency
Deadline: 1/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 2 years
Apply: The Rijksakademie
Details: An international residency programme to around 50 artists that provides space for research, experiment and production of new work. Residents are supported with a studio, a work budget, a stipend and advice from leading art professionals.
Grants for Artists’ PracticeDeadline: 1/10/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Belgium
Amount: $2500 or $5000
Apply: Mophradat
Details: The grantprovides artists with flexible financial support to be used towards their livelihood, ongoing research, the realization of a particular proposal as well asconnecting the participating artists with their peers (of the selection committee)to engage in a structured dialogue.
2nd Microbiennale
Deadline: 1/10/2021
Type: Biennale
Location: Russia
Apply: Microbiennal
Details: The theme of the exhibition is “Rites of Decolonization”. We would like to expand the existing concept of postcolonial criticism in the modern artistic process. Medium:
Graphics/petroglyphs, objects/artifacts, performances/rituals, painting/cave painting, sculpture/idols, etc.
Camargo: Core ProgramDeadline: 1/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 6 - 11 weeks
Apply: The Camargo Foundation
Details: A stipend of EUR 250 per week is provided, as is funding for basic transportation to and from Cassis for the Fellow for the residency. In the case of air travel, basic coach class booked in advance is covered. Accompanying family memebers are welcome to accompany fellows for short stays/the duration of the residency.
Production Residency 2022Deadline: 3/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Austria
Duration: 2 months
Apply: Weltmuseum Wien
Details: A residency to produce an artwork with soundon the topic of “Imagining Caring Futures: Art, Imagination, and Empathy”. The museum offers a stipend of €4,000, artist fee of €4,000, production costs of up to €2,500 and accommodation for up to 2 people in a single apartment and travel costs to/from Vienna.
To-gatherDeadline: 3/10/2021
Type: Call for collaborations
Location: Switzerland
Amount: Up to CHF 50,000
Apply: Pro Helvetia
Details: «To-gather» International Collaboration aims to supports 2–3-year collaborations between artists, cultural practitioners, organisations and institutions in Switzerland and their counterparts in the regions of the Pro Helvetia liaison offices.
Call for fellowships »Under Utopia«
Deadline: 3/10/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 months
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: A monthly stipend of €1,200 euros (plus one-time expenses incurred by the fellowship holder traveling to and from Stuttgart from their primary residence), if applicable, a project-related budget, and combined apartment studio.
The New Dimensions Lab
Deadline: 4/10/2021, 5 PM CAT
Type: Lab
Location: South Africa
Duration: 1 week
Apply: Electric South
Details: 12 physical and 6 virtual applicants will be selected to join a private retreat where artists engage in discussions and masterclasses, and workshop their creative projects. For citizens or permanent residents of an African country.
Residency at La Maison presées
Deadline: 10/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 1 month
Apply: CreArt
Details: The organization covers is €600 for travel, €800 for materials, accommodation, €700subsistence costs and €1,000 as artist’s fee. Open to artists who are part of CreArt Network of Cities: Aveiro, Valladolid, Clermont-Ferrand, Genoa, Lecce, Liverpool, Lublin, Katowice, Kaunas, Skopje and Zagreb.
Enclave' Land Art ResidencyDeadline: 10/10/2021, 10 pm (GMT+2)
Type: Residency
Location: Spain
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Enclave Land Art
Details: The organization coveres travel costs up to €200, a grant of €600, shared accommodation and workshop, up to €300 budget for material costs, all meals included, as well as logistic and practical assistance possible. Open to artists of any age and nationality.
Clark FellowshipsDeadline: 15/10/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: USA
Amount: Up to $30,000
Apply: The Clark Foundation
Details:Applicants must be Ph.D. or equivalent holders. Fellowships are awarded on a scale related to need and earnings, up to a maximum rate of $30,000 per semester. Travel to and from the Clark will be reimbursed for the scholar and an accompanying family member.
The WARC Travel Grant
Deadline: 15/10/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Africa
Amount: Up to $3,000
Apply: WARA
Details: The West Africa Research Center provides travel grants up to $1,500 and a stipend of $1,500 to be used to attend/present papers at academic conferences held in Africa, engage in collaborative work with colleagues at another African institution or travel to a research site in Africa.
Art OMI: Architecture - Artists - WritersDeadline: 15/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Art OMI
Details: Art OMI has distinct residency programs. Through a jury process, residents are chosen, invited to attend at no cost, except travel. Catered meals and comfortable lodgings are provided. Located in Columbia County, New York—two hours north of New York City by train.
Open Call: Artists’ PublicationsDeadline: 15/10/2021
Type: Grant
Location: India
Amount: up to INR400,000
Apply: praf.in
Details: PRAF will support the publication of the book, including production (design, layout, copyediting etc.), printing costs (up to INR 350,000), distribution in the South Asian region, and an artist fees (INR50,000). Mentorship will be available from Praf team and also experienced practitioners including some jury members.
Yunus Emre Film CompetitionDeadline: 15/10/2021
Type: Film competition
Location: Turkey
Amount: up $10,000
Apply: yee.org
Details: Eight short films that make it to the final of The International Yunus Emre Short Film Competition will be awarded cash prizes. Against the face of xenophobia, hate speech, discrimination and marginalisation, the competition is calling to convey the words of Yunus Emre into movie sequences by those working in the film sector.
Critical Practice Programme 2022 Deadline: 16/10/2021
Type: Program
Location: UAE
Duration: Up to 1 year
Apply: tashkeel.org
Details: Open to all visual arts practitioners in the UAE over the age of 21 pursuing a self-directed programme. tThe programme offers studio support, critique and production for practicing, contemporary artists living and working in the UAE up to one year.
Switch 2021: Open Call Deadline: 17/10/2021
Type: Exhibition
Location: Ireland
Duration: 1 week
Apply: s-w-i-t-c-h.org
Details: For artists working with film, lens-based media and moving image. Eight works will be selected, to run simultaneously from 4pm to midnight daily. The event itself will be accompanied by a small publication & a website. An artist fee of €225 will be paid to each artist for the showing of the work.
Nanjing Virtual Writers' Residency Deadline: 20/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: China
Duration: 1 month
Apply: UNESCO City of Literature
Details: Applicants should come from UNESCO literary cities. Six resident writers will be selected by the panel for a virtual residency in November 2021. Six candidates and will receive an allowance of $800 for their participation in the programme.
Open Call: Media Arts
Deadline: 21/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Belgium
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Bozar
Details: Looking for 4 artists from the Arab world and from Europe to engage in a 2-week residency in Brussels. Each resident will get an artist fee of €1,000 and a production budget of €2,500. The organisers will cover the accommodation, travel costs and food, as well as possible expenses linked to the visa procedure.
The Other Normal: Remote ResidencyDeadline: 22/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Jordan (Online)
Duration: 1 month
Apply: remotecloseness
Details: RemIn the world of the ‘new’ normal, how could we create an ‘other’ normal that better defines who we are? Remote residencies are for researchers and art practitioners in Jordan to explore alternative realities and redefine the role of art in the current context. The residents will receive a stipend of €500 for their participation in the residency.
TURN2 Residencies in Berlin Deadline: 24/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: ZK/U Berlin
Details: The residency comprises a studio at the ZK/U Berlin for living and working, monthly studio visits and open studio events, mentoring programme, covering of travel expenses and limited budget for research material and networking travels to art institutions in Germany as well as a monthly scholarship €1,500.
Open Call Fresh Perspectives #6 Deadline: 27/10/2021
Type: Grant
Location: The Netherlands
Amount: Up to€45,000
Apply: Stimulerings Fonds
Details: The Fund invites mid-career makers/designers from the creative industries to submit a proposal, together with a collaboration partner, which focuses on tackling a current social issue. The grant is given out in three phases: start-up - implementation - presentation.
Braunschweig ProjectsDeadline: 27/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 8 - 12 months
Apply: HBK Braunschweig
Details:Funding is provided in the form of scholarships of €1,250 per month over a period of 12 months. During this period, students are required to reside at the HBK for at least 8 months during the lecture period in the summer and winter semesters. Seven scholarships will be awarded: two in the field of Sound Art and five in the field of Fine Art.
Anonymous Open CallDeadline: 30/10/2021
Type: Exhibition
Location: Austria
Duration: 1 week
Apply: RYY12
Details: Lookong for an artist to present a project duringVienna Art Week 2021 in our exhibition space —vetrine facing the street and measures 290 x 200 x 90 cm. In case of interest, proposal will be uploaded anonymously as PDF on google drive. Please note, that transport and production costs must be covered by the artist.
AIR_Frankfurt: Curator in residenceDeadline: 31/10/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 2 months
Apply: basis frankfurt
Details: The curatorial resident will be fully funded, covering travel expenses and a per diem of €1000/month, assistance with visa. He/she will be hosted in a fully equipped studio apartment at basis e.v. in the heart of frankfurt. travel expenses and an additional fee for the exhibition will be covered as well.
New Conversations: Creative Partnership GrantsDeadline: 31/10/2021
Type: Grant
Location: UK
Amount: up to £6,000
Apply: Farnham Maltings
Details: 5 grants of up to £6,000 GBP / 130,500 EGP to support the development of new, collaborative performance works that are created and presented without meeting in person. Selected projects will also have the opportunity to be presented as part of D-CAF and Arab Arts Focus 2022.
K-oh-llective: Call for PublicationsDeadline: 31/10/2021
Type: Call for Publications
Location: kohllective.com
Duration: Rolling
Apply: K-oh-llective
Details: K-oh-llective invites artists, writers, art practitioners and curators from the SWANA region to submit their art publications to create a rich archive and an open-source database. We are seeking all kinds of different publications; artist/art books, art theory, zines, exhibition catalogues, research papers, self-published works, etc.
September
Mudun Short Story PrizeDeadline: 1/9/2021
Type: Prize
Location: UAE
Amount: $250 - $350
Apply: Barjeel Art Foundation
Details: An international competition that invites writers to showcase, in fiction, a city in the Arab world they know intimately. We will be accepting single entries in English and Arabic, and of no more than 5,000 words.
Henry Moore Grants
Deadline: 2/9/2021
Type: Grant
Location: UK
Amount: up to £20,000
Apply: The Henry Moore Foundation
Details: Henry Moore Grants supports sculpture and seeks to fund research that expands the appreciation of sculpture, through new projects, commissions, acquisitions and funding research and publications.
TKR 2024 Remote Residency
Deadline: 5/9/2021
Type: Virtual residency
Location: Latvia
Duration: 12 weeks
Apply: Squadrennial
Details: Commitment to 4-6 hours per week; availability to video calls; lectors and mentors from Latvian art scene; selected artist participation in festival 2024.
Basita Fellowship
Deadline: 8/9/2021 (Mentors)
Deadline: 15/9/2021 (Artists)
Type: Fellowship
Location: Middle East
Duration: 12 months
Apply: Basita.live
Details: The program will support 20 performing artists/groups with technical, managerial, marketing, and digital capacities, to be self-sustained financially and be able to navigate the digital era.
The Atlas WorkshopsDeadline: 8/9/2021
Type: Workshop
Location: Morocco
Awards: €56,000
Apply: Marrakech Intl. Film Festival
Details: Projects in development and films in production or post-production by filmmakers from the Arab world and the African continent who are working on their first, second or third feature-length film.
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Pact Zollverein Residencies
Deadline: 8/9/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 – 6 weeks
Apply:
Pact Zollverein
Details: Open to professional artists who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts or music and closely linked to the core strands of activity in presenting work and facilitating research and development.
A Fair New Idea?! Diversity in the arts
Deadline: 10/9/2021
Type: Call for ideas Location: Belgium (Flanders + Brussels) Grants: €12,000
Apply: A Fair New Idea
Details: A jury will 7 seven short pitches to receive €400 to submit a detailed proposal. The jury has an envelope of €12,000 euros available to allocate to one winning proposal, or to divide among multiple (max 3) strong proposals.
Phileas Funding & Collaborations
Deadline: 10/9/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Austria
Apply: Phileas projects
Details: Based in Vienna, Phileas enables ambitious projects within the field of contemporary art. Its activities focus primarily on international exhibitions by Austrian and Austria-based artists. Applications must be submitted by an institution.
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‘Design, Furniture, Wood’ Artist Residency
Deadline: 10/9/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Mana, French Guiana
Duration: 4 - 5 weeks
Apply: CARMA
Details: A budget of up to €1,800 € for artistic production (equipment, materials, tools), accommodation, per diem of €30.
The resident's travel to Mana will be paid for by the association.
4SFest: Electronic Music Residency
Deadline: 12/9/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 4 days
Apply: 4SFEST
Details: For amateur Dj, Professional Dj, Producer, Sounds Artist, Records Collector or any person wishing to master the techniques of DJ mixing through a variety of ways such as: technical support, a series of training workshops and networking events.
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Young Space
Deadline: 12/9/2021
Type: Online Exhibition
Location: Instagram
Apply: yngspc
Details: Where? Young Space Views @ views.yngspc.com, plus social platforms.
Who? Artists from all over the world, in every career stage, are invited to submit works in any medium for consideration. How much? Entry fee is a suggested $20 in a pay-what-you-can format (min. $5). At least 10% of all proceeds directly fund the Young Space grant and other prizes for emerging artists.
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To Be Antwerp
Deadline: 13/9/2021
Type: Performance program
Location: Belgium
Duration: 2 days
Apply: To Be Antwerp
Details: Each artist gets aperformance spot in the city center of Antwerp, support by the To Be team as well as an artist fee.
We can support artists from in and outside of Belgium with a travel fee. It is possible to have a nonphysical performance.
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Henrike Grohs Art Award
Deadline: 17/9/2021 (extended)
Type: Art prize
Location: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Amount: €10,000 -
€20,000
Apply: Goethe.de
Details: The winning individual artist or collective will get€20,000 cash prize and €10,000 for production. Two runners ups will be awarded a cash prize of €5,000 each. Each iteration of the awards' ceremony is celebrated at a different biennale or major art event on the continent.
How to become a resident
Deadline: 21/9/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 2 - 24 weeks
Apply: Fondation Jan Michalski
Details: Residences are available for all types of writers engaged in literary creation. Travel costs to and from their home address will be covered by the Foundation. Residents are granted a monthly allowance of CHF 1,200.
Aarhus Arab Film FestivalDeadline: 29/9/2021
Type: Festival
Location: Denmark
Apply: Filmfreeway
Details: Vast diversity of the Arab world by providing an insight into Arabic films, cultures and thoughts through the organization of an internationally-oriented film festival aimed at a Danish audience, with the best of the Arab film world.
Art Jameel ShopDeadline: 30/9/2021
Type: Call for sales
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Apply: Art Jameel
Details: Art Jameel is inviting artists and desginers from the SWANA region to submit existing products and new designs for an opportunity to join the range of limited-edition and thoughtfully-chosen items on offer at the Art Jameel Shop at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai and the online platform.
Fleetstreet Residency
Deadline: 30/9/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 - 3 months
Apply: Fleetstreet Theater
Details: For groups not based in Hamburg, a studio apartment is provided and a cash grant of €1,000 per month will be paid. All groups will receive a grant of the amount of €1,000 per month each.
August
MARKK: Archive of ExperiencesDeadline: 3/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: MARKK Museum
Details: Coverage of travel expenses, housing and living expenses (up to f €9,000). Access to the museum’s holdings and archives, a workplace within the museum, coverage of production costs in the context of the exhibition (up to of €12,000).
DISKURS35Deadline: 5/8/2021
Type: Festival, residency, workshop
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 weeks
Apply: Diskurs Festival
Details: DISKURS will offer a professional fee (at least €300), accommodation, travel costs (up to €140) and material costs (up to €150). The residency includes: a fee (min. €800), food and accommodation, a studio space, material costs (min. €140).
AFAC - Cinema
Deadline: 6/8/2021, 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $50,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Short and medium-length narrative films and feature narratives that are in production or post-production phases.
AFAC - Music
Deadline: 6/8/2021, 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $50,000
Apply: AFAC
Details:Music production, performances, collaborations, album recordings and festivals.
Homebound Residency Program
Deadline: 7/8/2021
Type: Online residency
Location: UAE/ Online
Grant: AED 20,000
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: The programme seeks to support creative practitioners to produce new works and explore the digital forms of community engagement while working remotely. Between October 2021 and April 2022, residenst will receive curatorial support and a production budget.
Willi Münzenberg-Forum
Deadline: 8/8/2021
Type: Art Competition
Location: Germany
Prize: up to €5,000
Apply: Willi Münzenberg-Forum
Details:Categories of photography, film and collage. The works of all prize winners will be shown in an exhibition from October 01st to October 31th 2021, at the foyer of Franz-Mehring-Platz in Berlin, as well as online.
First Solo ResidenciesDeadline: 10/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: UAE
Duration: 2-3 months
Apply: Tashkeel
Details: A self-directed residency for UAE-based art and design practitioners, who will be awarded a total fee of AED 10,000 and a production budget of AED 10,000. The residency will result in an exhibition or public outcome.
Al Murabbaa Art Festival
Deadline: 12/8/2021
Type: Festival
Location: UAE
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Al Murabbaa Arts
Details: A 10-day showcase of diverse and collaborative art experiences, instalations, exhibitions, programmes, workshops in the UAE. An amount (to be disclosed later) will be given to the artist in order to produce art for the festival.
K3 Residency Programme 2022/2023
Deadline: 12/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 8 months
Apply: K3 - Zentrum für Choreographie
Details: Open call to choreographers, the residency includes mentoring and dramaturgical, technical, and production related support.
Video Art and Experimental Film Event
Deadline: 16/8/2021
Type: Screening event
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 3 days
Apply: SEA Foundation
Details: VAEFE aims to show documentary, experimental artist films, videos and artworks in the Autumn of 2021, that is planned as an Open Air event. All selected artists will receive a screening fee.
Ithra Art Prize
Deadline: 16/8/2021
Type: Art Prize
Location: UAE
Prize: up to $100,000
Apply: Ithra
Details:Individual artists as well as collectives should propose a new, original work, exclusive to Ithra, with a proudction budget not exceeding $100,000, to be produced by December 2021.
Research on the Arts Program
Deadline: 16/8/2021, 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Grant program
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $15,000 - $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: RAP seeks to promote and develop the field of research on the arts in the Arab region, a geographical and cultural space rich with art legacies and contemporary art practices waiting to be studied and analyzed.
Training and Regional Events
Deadline: 16/8/2021, 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Grant
Location: Lebanon
Amount: $25,000 - $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: The grant supports trainings and workshops in the different cultural and artistic fields, in addition to residencies, symposiums, forums, and festivals (multidisciplinary, music, film, performing arts, visual arts, literature…).
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Mizna: The Experimental Issue
Mizna: The Experimental IssueDeadline: 20/8/2021
Type: Call for submissions
Location: US/The Arab World
Apply: Mizna
Details: Works that challenge conventional forms, language, and ideas within the literary process. Experimental works of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics, and mixed print genres will all be considered.
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Internship and Mentorship Program
Deadline: 23/8/2021
Type: Internship, mentorship
Location: UAE
Apply:
Warehouse421
Details: A program for emerging-creative professionals in the bid to provide professional preparation and career development to committed professionals in their early careers, through working with the Head of Warehouse421, Programs Manager, Education Manager or Communications Manager. This is a paid internship opportunity.
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Prince Claus Mentorship Awards
Deadline: 26/8/2021
Type: Mentorship program
Location: The Netherlands
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Prince Claus Fund
Details: 12 emerging artists and cultural practitioners with 4 mentors. Each participant receives an award of €6,000 to work on a body of work, with an additional €4,000 being available for either a collaboration, or if their concept solidifies in the process and needs extra budget to be realised.
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INHABIT 2022
INHABIT 2022Deadline: 29/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Max Planck Institute
Details: Artist’s fee €8,000, accommodation fee €2,000, production budget depending on the project, travel costs to and in Frankfurt are covered. Collaborations with scientists, access to the library, sound studio and scientific facilities of the institute as well as curatorial support during the residency.
S+T+ARTS4Water Consortium
Deadline: 30/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: EU
Duration: max. 6 months
Apply: S+T+ARTS
Details: 10 grants will be awarded, the budget for each residency is €40,000, including artwork production and artist fees.
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Verein Zentralwäscherei
Deadline: 30/8/2021
Type: Co-production, events
Location: Switzerland
Apply:
Verein Zentralwäscherei
Details: Are you looking for a location in which you or your collective can present your production / event / idea? Such as exhibitions, social formats, discursive formats, political events, concerts, theaters, installations, safe spaces and sound performances.
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NTAA 2022
Deadline: 30/8/2021
Type: Prize
Location: Belgium
Amount: €5,000
Apply: Zebrastraat Ghent
Details: Costs regarding transport, accommodation and installation are covered. The 20 selected projects will be published on the website. There will be a jury prize and a public prize, in both cases a cash award of €5,000 will be allocated to a work and to its creator.
Atelier Calder
Deadline: 31/8/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Atelier Calder
Details: €5,000 stipened and €6,000 for production, accomodation + exhibition space in Sache, France.
July
Web Residencies #16: Solidarity is a verb
Deadline: 1/7/2021
Type: Online residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Akademie Solitude
Details: Four project proposals wil be rewarded with a four-week residency and a 750-euro grant.
Vantage Point Sharjah 9
Deadline: 3/7/2021
Type: Photography exhibition
Location: UAE
Prize: $1,500
Apply: Sharjah Art Foundation
Details: A selection of images will be presented during an upcoming exhibition at Al Hamriyah Studios. One winner in each category will be selected to receive a prize of $1,500.
Art, Ecology & The Commons
Deadline: 5/7/2021
Type: Program
Location: Lebanon
Duration: 10 days
Apply:Temporary Art Platform
Details: This call is open to practitioners based in Lebanon and the A
Naqd CritiqueDeadline: 10/7/2021
Type: Collaborative project
Location: UAE
Duration: 2 weeks
Apply: Naqd Critique
Details: Naqd Critique will host virtual meetings for discussions & research development of their collaborative project and work in progress, and will host a critique session of the produced works, accompanied with a display of the artworks on Naqd's Page.
Curatorial Development Program
Deadline: 11/7/2021 (extended)
Type: Program
Location: UAE
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: The successful curator/curatorial collective will receive an award of 20,000 AED and participate in a structured program; A weekly colloquium or workshop and Individual collaboration with BICAR and Warehouse421 staff.
minus20degree
Deadline: 14/7/2021
Type: Exhibition
Location: Austria
Duration: 1 week
Apply: minus20degree
Details: minus20degree will provide a rtist fee: € 1,000, production budget: up to € 1,600 and a travel budget: up to €400.
First International Festival of Manuports
Deadline: 15/7/2021
Type: Group exhibition
Location: Finland
Duration: 2 days
Apply: Kohta
Details: Artists in all countries, send us your manuports in the mail! We promise to exhibit all works received, and to name their authors in our communication about and documentation of the exhibition.
The Africa Institute Research Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15/7/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: UAE
Duration: 2 days
Apply: The Africa Institute
Details: The inaugural cohort has two senior fellows and two postdoctoral fellows who can interact with scholars/academics in their area of research to enrich their scholarly experiences and future projects.
DJ Masterclass
Deadline: 19/7/2021
Type: Masterclass
Location: Cairo, Copenhagen
Duration: 3 days
Apply: DEDI
Details: Successful applicants from Denmark will have their return flights, visa fees and accommodation covered, lunch and coffee breaks will be provided at the venue in Cairo.
A.Mal Collective: Register Your Interest
Deadline: 23/7/2021
Type: Online residency
Location: UK, Morocco
Duration: 4 months
Apply: A.Mal Collective
Details: The residency will include new commissions, talks, workshops and a touring exhibition with 4 artists across the UK and Morocco.
Biennale College Arte 2021/2022
Deadline: 26/7/2021
Type: Program
Location: Venice
Duration: 4 months
Apply: La Biennale di Venezia
Details: 12 artistic projects of emerging artists under 30 will be chosen to develop further their projects in a series of workshops focused on training, research and experimentation. The workshop will cover the conception, development, production.
Photography LaboratoryDeadline: 26/7/2021
Type: Program
Location: Alexandria
Duration: 1 month
Apply: 6 Bab Sharq
Details: The Photography Lab aims to develop the visual narrative of participants. The programme consists of three main approaches: theoretical workshops, guidance sessions, and practical space for carrying out projects.
B’AV_Lab
Deadline: 28/7/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Alexandria
Duration: 1 month
Apply: B'sarya
Details:An artistic lab that aimed at emergring artists who are based in Alexandria, to produce interdisciplinary works with audio-visual, interactive and digitial media components.
“Water, Climate, Materiality”
Deadline: 30/7/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Museum am Rothenbaum
Details: Travel and subsistence: 4,000 €, artist honorarium including production/material costs 11,000 €, access to the museum’s holdings and archives and a work place within the museum.
Artistic Development ExhibitionDeadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Exhibition program
Location: UAE
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Warehouse421
Details: For UAE-based artists, a commissioning exhibition, with 10,000 AED participation fee, and support by experienced art educators, interlocutors, and curators towards producing a new body of work to be displayed in 2022.
On The Road AgainDeadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Partnerships program
Location: Egypt, Switzerland
Amount: Up to CHF 20,000
Apply: Pro Helvetia Cairo
Details: Projects that connect multiple partners from the Arab region with Swiss partners/artists to work on exploring new realms of international cultural exchange, where innovative formats are initiated, and beneficial artistic exchanges are created.
Fanak Fund Mobility Grant
Deadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Mobility grant
Location: France
Apply: Fanak Fund
Details: Artists and cultural operators based in the member countries of the Arab league or Middle East can apply for a travel grant to Europe or within the countries of the Arab League or Middle East. The fund covers one international return travel ticket, PCR tests, visa and insurance costs.
Vice VersaDeadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Workshop
Location: Egypt (Online)
Duration: 2 months
Apply: A Kiss in the Desert
Details: The workshop focuses on the development of autobiographical audiovisual projects, including meetings, artist talks, screenings, readings, informal gatherings, filed trips, art exhibitions, and photo walks.
AusDeadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Exhibition proposals
Location: Switzerland
Duration: Janurary 2022 - March 2023
Apply: Ausstellungsraum Klingental
Details: Ausstellungsraum Klingental offers space for the realisation of experimental projects, daring ideas and concrete exhibition concepts that investigate, promote and communicate
contemporary art.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2022Deadline: 31/7/2021
Type: Exhibition/screening
Location: Paris, Berlin
Duration: 4 Days
Apply: Art-action
Details: Any individual or organization can submit one or several works; film, video and multimedia submissions. There is no restriction for length nor genre, must be produced within the last two years.
June
Initiation as Methodology
Deadline: 6/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Greece
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Delta Pi productions
Details:Travel costs, accommodation expenses & per diems, €1,000artistic fee and up to €1,000 production costs for the creation of a new piece of work. Material/ Curatorial support.
Borrowed Vision
Deadline: 6/6/2021
Type: Critique & Discussion
Location: Online
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Naqd Critique
Details:The program invites 6 creatives to take over all of Naqd Critique platforms every month to curate and moderate critique sessions each in their own vision.
L’ESTIVE Residency
Deadline: 9/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 4 - 6 weeks
Apply: Glassbox
Details:Budget of €3,000 , including €500 in fees for the artist. Does not cover accommodation or travel expenses.
Mahy Khalifa Art Fund
Deadline: 10/6/2021
Type: Scholarship
Location: Egypt
Apply: Art D’Égypte
Details: One candidate every year receives the Scholarship which covers all tuition/living expenses. Graduate Degree (masters) or Non-Degree (research institution) in Visual Arts, New Media arts, Art History, Art Criticism, Curating and Art Management.
The IEEE VIS Arts Program
Deadline: 10/6/2021
Type: Conference
Location: USA
Duration: 1 month
Apply: VISAP
Details:A forum where visualization researchers, designers, and media artists come together to discuss data visualization, topics relevant to art, design, and academic research communities.
The Garage Digital Grant
Deadline: 10/6/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Russia
Amount: Up to $4,200
Apply: Garage.Digital
Details:Five grants will be awarded; an artist fee of $800 and a project Budget of up to $3,400. Projects will be presented on the Garage Digital platform.
If There Were A There, It Would Be…
Deadline: 13/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France, Palestine, Belgium
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Camargo Foundation
Details: A grant of €3000 for each participant to develop their project, additional grant to cover travel expenses, accommodation, provided by the partner hosting the residency.
Hybrida Residency
Deadline: 13/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Sweden
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Hybrida.Space
Details: For artists based in Europe, accommodation, travel expenses up to €250, €200production budget, and remuneration of €300 by the end of the residency.
Rupert’s Residency
Deadline: 16/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Lithuania
Duration: 1 - 3 Months
Apply: Rupert.lt
Details:Rupert provides studios, curatorial support, a minimum of 2 studio visits or feedback sessions, access to required contacts, tools, materials and information for research and production.
Tasawar Curatorial Studios
Deadline: 20/6/2021
Type: Study program
Location: Tunis
Duration: 1 year
Apply: Tasawar
Details: For artists, curators, art mediators, and cultural producers, researchers, and writers on art who wish to integrate curatorial frameworks and activities into their practice.
Tashweesh: Online Retreat
Deadline: 25/6/2021
Type: Online Retreat
Location: Belgium, Tunis, Austria
Duration: 2 days
Apply: Beursschouwburg
Details: The selected applicants will share their work in the two-day online retreat as well as to participate in closed and public conversations. Presenters will be each paid a fee of €580.
Caldera Artists in Residence
Deadline: 25/6/2021
Type: Residency
Location: USA
Duration: 2 -3.5 weeks
Apply: Caldera Arts
Details: Caldera provides cabins, studio space and stipend of $800 - $1200. Residents will provide their own materials, equipment, transportation, and food.
Artistic Research Grant
Deadline: 26/6/2021
Type: Grant
Location: UAE
Amount: Up to $20,000
Apply: Warehouse421
Details:Open to local and regional early-to-mid-career creative practitioners to support practice-based research investigating contemporary social questions through interdisciplinary methodologies and active engagement.
Amman International Film Festival
Deadline: 28/6/2021
Type: Film Festival
Location: Jordan
Duration: 1 week
Apply: aiff.jo
Details:With the main focus on emerging filmmakers, AIFF seeks works that manifest artistic boldness, strength of form and originality in the use of the medium of film.
Zurich Film Festival
Deadline: 30/6/2021
Type: Film Festival
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 1 week
Apply: filmfreeway
Details:The 17th Zurich Film Festival is looking for cinematic discoveries from all over the world. Projects completed after October 1, 2020.
May
Sommerakademie Paul Klee
Deadline: 5/5/2021, 7am CET
Type: Two-year program
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Sommerakademie Paul Klee
Details:Lectures and seminars, teaching opportunities at HKB, CHF 500 production stipend, per diem, tutorials with the SPK curator.
Vorman Fellow
Deadline: 6/5/2021
Type: Fellowship
Location: Netherlands
Duration: 6 months
Apply: Jan van Eyck Academie
Details: The Fellow will receive access to own studio, a monthly stipend of €1,000, a working budget of €1,091, as well as accommodation for the duration of the residency period.
Salzburg Summer Academy
Deadline: 10/5/2021
Type: Scholarship
Location: Austria
Duration: 6 weeks
Apply: Summer Academy
Details: Scholarships for students from Eastern Europe. Covers participating fees, travel costs up to €200 and living costs of €190 per week.
Prince Claus Seed Awards
Deadline: 11/5/2021
Type: Prize
Location: Netherlands
Amount: €5,000
Apply: The Prince Claus Fund
Details: 100 emerging artists with 1-5 of professional experience will be awarded with €5000 to develop their artistic practice.
Bringing an archive to life
Deadline: 13/5/2021
Type: Workshop and archiving
Location: Egypt
Duration: 1 month
Apply: Cimatheque
Details: Volunteers will get an introductory workshop and help with archiving a collection of books, magazines, posters, flyers, manuscripts, catalogs, films, etc.
AFAC - Performing Arts
Deadline: 14/5/2021 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Contemporary dance, public performances, street art, live art, site-specific format, documentary theatre, and festivals, playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography workshops.
AFAC - Documentary Program
Deadline: 14/5/2021 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Short and medium-length documentary films and feature documentary film projects that are in production or post-production phases.
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WIJHAT
WIJHATDeadline: 15/5/2021 5:00 PM Beirut Time
Type: Mobility Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $8,000
Apply: Al Mawred Al Thaqafy
Details: The program covers artistic and cultural festivals, artistic residencies, forums, conferences and symposia, artistic and creative production workshops.
School of Kindness
Deadline: 15/5/2021 (extended)
Type: Workshop
Location: Bulgaria
Duration: 2-4 months
Apply: ÆTHER
Details: Tuition-free program, participants finance their own travel and two-week stay.
Awal/Andam
Deadline: 15/5/2021 (extended)
Type: Residency
Location: Morocco
Duration: 10 days
Apply: Le 18, Derb el Ferrane
Details: Support includes a workshop/training residency, recording equipment and research grants for public university students.
Animation School
Deadline: 18/5/2021
Type: School/Programme
Location: Egypt
Duration: 4 months
Apply: 6 BAB SHARQ
Details: Programme starts in June 2021, applicants have to be residents of Alexandria and must have their own laptops, and ideas for animation film productions.
Solidarity Fund for African Artists
Deadline: 20/5/2021
Type: Grant
Location: Mali
Grant: up to€3,000
Apply: African Culture Fund
Details: For artists with 5 years of experience, residing in Africa who can demonstrate a situation of vulnerability due to the Covid-19 health crisis.
Fikra Designer in Residence
Deadline: 20/5/2021
Type: Online Residency
Location: UAE
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Fikra
Details: 2 designers will be selected to produce a project about their and our understanding of time. A stipend of AED 2,000 per month for research and production (AED 6,000 total).
Remote ClosenessDeadline: 24/5/2021 (extended)
Type: Exh
Location: Jordan
Duration: One week
Apply: The Lab of the Future
Details: Exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and trails in Jordanian cities with QR-code links to artworks online. 300-500 JOD for new productions and 150 JOD lending fees for existing artworks.
The Caravan Residency
Deadline: 30/5/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Multi-city
Duration: year-long
Apply: Onassis
Details: Travel, accommodation and meals. Participants will receive €3,000 and a budget of up to € 500 to cover the production costs.
Politics of Heritage Residency
Deadline: 30/5/2021
Type: Residency Location: Athens, Alexandria, Marseille Duration: 6 months
Apply: Onassis
Details: Travel, accommodation and meals. Participants will receive €3,000 and a budget of up to € 500 to cover the production costs.
Disembodied Territories
Deadline: 30/5/2021 (extended)
Type: Mapping Project
Location: Africa
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Disembodiedterritories
Details: This call for entries invites contributors to map the ways in which the African continent keeps reinventing, resummoning, or unbounding itself from dominant frames of place-making.
Residency for Visual Artist
Deadline: 31/5/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland Duration: 2 months Apply: Stadtgalerie Bern
Details:The use of a small studio, accommodation, a grant of CHF 3,000 as per diem and CHF 2,000 for production costs.
April
Triangle - Astérides
Deadline: 29/4/2021
Type: Residency
Location: France
Duration: 3 months
Apply: Triangle France
Details: Studio, accommodation, €1000 artist fees (help with fund-raising) and arranged studio visits.
Dogo Residenz Für Neue Kunst
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Residency
Location: Switzerland
Duration: 2/3/4 months
Apply: Dogo Residenz
Details: Only accommodation is provided.
AFAC - Visual Arts
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Painting, sculpting, photography, installations, audio-video arts, publications, and exhibitions.
AFAC - Creative Writings
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: up to $35,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Critical writings on art, theatrical writings, children and youth literature, graphic novel, short story, poetry, online publishing platforms, only in arabic.
AFAC - Documentary Photograpy
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Producation Grant
Location: Lebanon
Grant: $5,000
Apply: AFAC
Details: Mentorship, The grant may be used to begin a new project or to complete work on an existing project.
10th Cairo Video Festival
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Festival
Location: Egypt
Duration: October 2021
Apply: Medrar
Details: Maximum 2 entries per author, works produced after January 2021, no loner than 30 minutes.
Contemporary Middle East
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Sound and performance project
Location: Germany
Amount: Not specified
Apply: conmidea
Details: Possible formats of realization might be: a window performance, video- or lifestream, working with choreographic instructions for local (or remote) performers.
Wed Residencies #15
Deadline: 30/4/2021
Type: Online residency
Location: Germany
Duration: 4 weeks
Apply: Akademie Schloss Solitude
Details: Five proposals will be selected to take part and will be rewarded with an 800-euro grant.